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
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.
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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
Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
The question has always been whether Pochettino, whose best work was done with a very similar profile of player at both Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, was able to generate a cohesive outfit from the talented rabble.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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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
Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
The question has always been whether Pochettino, whose best work was done with a very similar profile of player at both Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, was able to generate a cohesive outfit from the talented rabble.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble
Noun
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And there’s the rub, because in reality nobody outside is actually or substantially helping defend the populace against the regime’s onslaught.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Our populace is broadly wealthy.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 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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Claims otherwise insult the intelligence of the American public.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Of course, the accusations are troubling to a public who has long revered the family, which also includes dad David Beckham, and siblings Romeo, 23, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 14.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Try these methods below to remove soap scum from your bathtub and get rid of it for good.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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Shower Doors Glass shower doors can build up with soap scum and hard water stains over time.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Rabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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