as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
the crown prince was reminded that even the rabble of the realm deserved his attention and compassion
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Recent Examples of rabble
Yeoh and Erivo shield Grande from the subsequent rabble before the cast resumes their walk down the yellow carpet and Wen is dragged away by security.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Steve heads up a reform school for volatile, cursing and rabble-rousing English boys, and his mental health is tested when a documentary crew shows up and word gets out the school is closing.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rabble
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Steve heads up a reform school for volatile, cursing and rabble-rousing English boys, and his mental health is tested when a documentary crew shows up and word gets out the school is closing.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rabble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble
Noun
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Fishback, on the other hand, stands strongly opposed to these corporate interests while remaining electable to the general populace.—
Thomas C. Shank,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Barak was cognizant of how the Arab populace would perceive Israeli involvement.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Which is to say, the people in the streets weren’t riffraff running amok but activists with aims.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Confirmation for the Cuban public came in March, when President Miguel Diaz-Canel appeared on TV to acknowledge for the first time the negotiations with the US.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the American public has been skeptical.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Scrub stains, soap scum, and hard water spots with a damp sponge or soft brush.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Then, use a Swiffer with a damp cloth to scrape off the scum.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Rabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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