English noun: common people | |||
1. | common people (group) people in general (often used in the plural) | ||
Samples | They're just country folk. Folks around here drink moonshine. The common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next. | ||
Synonyms | folk, folks | ||
Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | country people, countryfolk, gentlefolk, grass roots, home folk, rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff | ||
Member holonym | pleb, plebeian | ||