Synonyms of the word people


PEOPLECITIZENRY - DWELL - FAMILY - FILL - FOLK - GROUP - GROUPING - INHABIT - KINFOLK - KINSFOLK - LIVE - MASS - MASSES - MULTITUDE - PHRATRY - POPULATE - SEPT

people

  • n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two…
  • n. (countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group,…
  • n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
  • n. One's colleagues or employees.
  • n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
  • n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the…
  • n. plural of person.
  • v. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
  • v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
  • v. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

citizenry

  • n. The group of all citizens.

dwell

  • n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
  • n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
  • n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
  • n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow…
  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
  • v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
  • v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

family

  • n. (countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption);…
  • n. (countable) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
  • n. (countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially…
  • n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon…
  • n. (countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing…
  • n. (countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
  • n. (countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
  • n. Used attributively.
  • adj. Suitable for children and adults.
  • adj. Conservative, traditional.
  • adj. (slang) Homosexual.

fill

  • v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  • v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
  • v. To enter (something), making it full.
  • v. (intransitive) To become full.
  • v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
  • v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
  • v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  • v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  • v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  • v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
  • n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  • n. An amount that fills a container.
  • n. The filling of a container or area.
  • n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  • n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
  • n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
  • n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
  • n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

folk

  • adj. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
  • adj. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
  • adj. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
  • n. (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
  • n. The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
  • n. (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
  • n. (music) Folk music.
  • n. (plural only) People in general.
  • n. (plural only) A particular group of people.

group

  • n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
  • n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element,…
  • n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
  • n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
  • n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
  • n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
  • n. (chemistry) A functional group.
  • n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
  • n. (military) An air force formation.
  • n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
  • n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution…
  • n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
  • n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely…
  • n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing…
  • v. (transitive) To put together to form a group.
  • v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.

grouping

  • n. A collection of things or people united as a group.
  • n. The action of the verb to group.
  • v. present participle of group.

inhabit

  • v. (transitive) To live or reside in.
  • v. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

kinfolk

  • n. (US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.

kinsfolk

  • n. Alternative spelling of kinfolk.

live

  • v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  • v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  • v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  • v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
  • adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • adj. Being in existence; actual.
  • adj. Having active properties; being energized.
  • adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  • adj. (sports) Still in active play.
  • adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  • adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
  • adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  • adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  • adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

mass

  • n. (physical) Matter, material.
  • n. A large quantity; a sum.
  • n. (quantity) Large in number.
  • v. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses;…
  • v. (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
  • adj. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
  • adj. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
  • n. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  • n. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
  • n. (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • n. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.

masses

  • n. plural of mass.
  • n. (plural only, generically) People, especially a large number of people.
  • n. (plural only) The total population.
  • n. (plural only) The lower classes or all but the elite.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mass.

multitude

  • n. A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
  • n. The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses.

phratry

  • n. (Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common…
  • n. (anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate…

populate

  • v. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
  • v. (intransitive) To live in; to inhabit.
  • v. (computing, transitive/intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
  • adj. (obsolete) populous.

sept

  • n. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in…
  • v. (nonstandard, rare) simple past tense and past participle of seep.

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