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
There’s a rabble-rousing politician with grievances galore.
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
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.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
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.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble
Noun
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Pressure from a populace desperate to launder Colombia’s image from headlines of cocaine and civil war.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 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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These statements are seemingly a dig at Jolie, who has been known to like being seen in public with her children.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Football’s Coming Home The English football public has a certain reputation globally.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The water can leave behind layers of soap scum or limescale, both of which appear as white, chalky stains on drains, faucets, showers, toilets, and more.—
Better Homes & Gardens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
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Bathroom sinks are prone to buildup from hair, soap scum, toothpaste, shaving cream, and beauty products.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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“Rabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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