the masses

plural noun

: the ordinary or common people

His films are not intended to appeal to the masses.

the needs of the masses

Examples of the masses in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That which enters into the experience of the masses of the people is not what the intellectual knows but what the popular leader feels. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

But China’s leaders, facing their own domestic challenges and preoccupied with their own grip on power, may decide that imposing these innovations on the masses is simply too risky—for their own sake, if not for the sake of humanity. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

By determination or sheer luck, those who are soon to arrive beat the masses for a seat. — Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Hours before kickoff, the Giants coach pulled up to MetLife Stadium with his dad, his mother, Jackie, and his wife, Ingrid, among his passengers, all of them stunned by the masses already gathered in the parking lots. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the masses

• bypasses
• crevasses
• eyeglasses
• impasses
• molasses
• morasses
• subclasses
• sunglasses
• surpasses
• trespasses
• asses
• basses