People
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People are human beings considered collectively.
The word functions as the plural of person: Three people waited outside.
A people can also mean a nation, ethnic group, or community sharing culture and identity: an indigenous people, peoples of the world.
The people sometimes refers to ordinary citizens as distinct from elites or rulers: power to the people.
To people a place is to populate it.
Individual humans, plural
- human beingsMembers of Homo sapiens
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- soulsImmaterial human essences
- mortalsBeings destined to expire
men and women · adults · children · everyone · somebody · anybody · characters · figures
Collective of connected people
- citizensMembers of a nation
- massesBulk or populace
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
folk · humanity · mankind · civilization · society · nation · demographic · electorate
Social group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- nationSovereign political entity
- ethnic groupPopulation sharing cultural identity
- raceCompetition of speed
ancestry · heritage · lineage · culture · indigenous · native · diaspora · minority
Ordinary citizens, untitled
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- working classManual laborers collectively
- rank and fileOrdinary members collectively
average · common folk · laypeople · civilians · mainstream · middle class · townspeople · villagers
persons
Individual humans, plural
- human beingsMembers of Homo sapiens
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- soulsImmaterial human essences
mortals · men and women · adults · children · everyone · somebody · anybody · characters · figures · personalities
community
Collective of connected people
- citizensMembers of a nation
- massesBulk or populace
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
residents · folk · humanity · mankind · civilization · society · nation · demographic · electorate · constituency
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- nationSovereign political entity
- ethnic groupPopulation sharing cultural identity
race · ancestry · heritage · lineage · culture · indigenous · native · diaspora · minority · majority
commoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- working classManual laborers collectively
rank and file · average · common folk · laypeople · civilians · mainstream · middle class · townspeople · villagers · locals
staff
Organization's workers collectively
settle · colonize · employ · man · crew · workforce · personnel · team · hire · recruit
- magazinesmagazine, issue, periodical, publication, design magazine
- tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, Globe, New York Post
- photo magazinesAperture
- UK publicationsDaily Mail, The Telegraph, The Economist, The Guardian, Sunday Times
- websitesGoogle, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Amazon
Peoplerulers
Measuring straightedges; sovereigns
aristocracy · elites · elite · government · authorities
- some peopleAn unspecified group
- old peopleAged members of society
- those peopleSpecified distant individuals
- young peopleThose in early life
- famous peopleWidely recognized public figures
- of all peopleExpression noting ironic choice