persons
Multiple distinct individuals
Persons is the plural of person, used in formal, legal, or official contexts where *people* would sound too casual: All persons entering the building must show identification, missing persons report.
The phrase persons of interest refers to those under investigation.
Outside legal and administrative language, *people* is the standard plural.
Collective term for people
- humankindAll human beings collectively
- peopleHumans as a group
- mortalsBeings destined to expire
- human beingsMembers of Homo sapiens
individuals · souls · populace · societies · cultures · civilizations · nations · populations
State of sentient awareness
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- agencyPower to act
- dignityInnate personal worth
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
sentience · self-awareness · morality · subjectivity · integrity · humanity · existence · citizenship
Unidentified individual
- someoneUnnamed individual
- individualOne separate human being
- humanHomo sapiens individual
- soulInnermost animating essence
character · figure · being · party · body · head · specimen · type
One's own being
- individualityUnique personal character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- egoOne's self-image
essence · psyche · self-concept · self-image · persona · uniqueness · self-identity · temperament
Large public gathering
- assemblyConstructing from components
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- multitudeVery large number
- collectiveJointly organized group
throng · masses · audience · congregation · mob · flock · team · crew
Legally incorporated business entities
- organizationsStructured groups with purpose
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- agenciesOrganizations providing services
- associationsMental or organizational links
firms · companies · enterprises · partnerships · foundations · charities · NGOs · trusts
mankind
Collective term for people
human beings · individuals · souls · populace · societies · cultures · civilizations · nations · populations · communities
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
rights · sentience · self-awareness · morality · subjectivity · integrity · humanity · existence · citizenship · legal standing
somebody
Unidentified individual
- someoneUnnamed individual
- individualOne separate human being
- humanHomo sapiens individual
soul · character · figure · being · party · body · head · specimen · type · sort
self
One's own being
- individualityUnique personal character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
ego · essence · psyche · self-concept · self-image · persona · uniqueness · self-identity · temperament · disposition
crowd
Large public gathering
collective · throng · masses · audience · congregation · mob · flock · team · crew · party
corporations
Legally incorporated business entities
- organizationsStructured groups with purpose
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- agenciesOrganizations providing services
associations · firms · companies · enterprises · partnerships · foundations · charities · NGOs · trusts · estates
- peoplepeople, individuals, humans, individual, human
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
- intelligent beingshumans, people, Homo sapiens, intelligent life, minds
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- gender-neutralthey, them, their, themself, singular they
- in personBodily present somewhere
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- a personOne human being
- first personGrammatical self-reference perspective
- personal essaysNonfiction exploring the author's life
- missing personUnlocated person sought by authorities
person, personal, personality, impersonal, personable, personify, personage, personification, personified