plebs
Ordinary folk, dismissively
Plebs is a casual, mildly dismissive term for ordinary people—those without special status, wealth, or sophistication.
Originally the common citizens of ancient Rome (as opposed to patricians), it now functions as humorous slang for the masses: I'm not waiting in line with the plebs.
The singular pleb appears in British slang as a mild insult for someone unsophisticated.
Inhabitants of a place
- massesBulk or populace
- peasantryRural working class
- townsfolkResidents of a village
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
folk · rabble · hoi polloi · rank-and-file · grassroots · common people · ordinary folk · working class
Hereditary ruling class
Conventional, unremarkable people
- casualsInformal everyday clothing
- sheepleSlang for unthinking followers
- basicFundamental in nature
- unwashed massesCommon people, derogatorily
lowbrow · philistines · rubes · mainstream · uncultured · unsophisticated · ignorant · clueless
Pretentious social superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
haughtiness · superiority · looking down · sneering · class distinction · social hierarchy · upper crust · toffs
Uncultured Aussie type
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- chavBritish working-class stereotype
- nedFamiliar form of Edward
- yobboBritish slang for thug
hick · yokel · trailer trash · white trash · peckerwood · prole · scrubber
populace
Inhabitants of a place
villagers · folk · rabble · hoi polloi · rank-and-file · grassroots · common people · ordinary folk · working class · proletariat
patricians
Hereditary ruling class
normies
Conventional, unremarkable people
unwashed masses · lowbrow · philistines · rubes · mainstream · uncultured · unsophisticated · ignorant · clueless · sheep
snobbery
Pretentious social superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
derision · haughtiness · superiority · looking down · sneering · class distinction · social hierarchy · upper crust · toffs · blue bloods
bogan
Uncultured Aussie type
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- chavBritish working-class stereotype
- nedFamiliar form of Edward
yobbo · hick · yokel · trailer trash · white trash · peckerwood · prole · scrubber
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- Roman societypatrician, patricians, citizen, citizens, slave
- Roman townsurban centers, town councils, town council, curia, forums
plebspatricians
Hereditary ruling class
aristocracy · nobility · aristocrats · patriciate · gentry