People — synonyms, definition

1. people (Noun)

children citizenry civilisation civilization clan commonalty commonwealth community culture empire family federation folk folks generation hoi polloi human beings human race humanity humankind • • •

people (Noun) — (plural) any group of human beings (men, women or children) collectively. ex. "old people" ex. "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

people (Noun) — The body of citizens of a state or country. ex. "the Spanish people"

people (Noun) — Members of a family line. ex. "his people have been farmers for generations" ex. "are your people still alive?"

people (Noun) — The common people generally. ex. "power to the people"

people (Noun) — A human being. ex. "there was too much for one person to do"

people (Noun) — A human body (usually including the clothing). ex. "a weapon was hidden on his person"

people (Noun) — A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party. ex. "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

anatomies beings bods builds causal agency* causal agent* causes chassis family family line figures fleshes folk forms frames grammatical category* group grouping human body* kinfolk • • • Achaean Aeolian African* Amerindian* Aquarius* Arcado-Cyprians Archer* Aries* Balance* Black person* Black* Bull* Cancer* Capricorn* Caucasian* Crab* Dorian Elizabethan* Fish* Gemini* • • • anatomy bod build chassis citizen figure flesh form frame human body material body personality physical body physique shape soma human beings human race humanity humankind humans man mankind world

2. people (Verb)

defend fortify garrison guard man populate protect staff station stock

people (Verb) — Fill with people. ex. "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"

people (Verb) — Furnish with people.

dwell inhabit live populate