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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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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But putting on a tux and celebrating with an administration that is rapidly falling out of step with the global public — which their shareholders are members of — is different from staying silent.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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But the deadly shootings this month by federal agents of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have once again forcefully shifted the administration’s focus onto the highly controversial issues that have divided the American public.—
Brianne Pfannenstiel,
Des Moines Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rather than cleaning your countertops to get rid of soap scum and stains from hard water, these coasters maintain a fresh, clean look every day.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
23 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 3 Feb. 2026.
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