Synonyms of hoi polloi
29 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for hoi polloi is many. Other synonyms of hoi polloi are crowd, populace, plebs, canaille and everyone. The opposite of hoi polloi is elite.
Synonyms and similar words for hoi polloi
nounThe common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.).
- canailleThe lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
- commonality
- commonalty
- crowdThe so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
- commonage
- demos
- everyoneEvery individual in a set; every person.
- general public
- great unhosed
- great unwashedThe general populace, particularly the working class.
- herd
- lower classA class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result...
- manyA multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
- masses
- mob
- multitude
- odds and sodsOrdinary people who lack distinction.
- peasantry
- plebsThe common people, especially (derogatory) the mob.
- populaceThe common people of a nation.
- proletariat
- rabbleThe mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.
- rank and file
- riffraffThe rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
- third estate
- trash
- unwashed
- unwashed massesThe collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for...
- working classThe social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the...
Opposite of hoi polloi
nounThe common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.).
Meaning of hoi polloi
- noun The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.).
- noun The elite.
hoi polloi in other languages
Questions about synonyms of hoi polloi
- What is another word for hoi polloi?
- Hoi polloi has 29 synonyms on Word.ws, such as many, crowd, populace, plebs, canaille and everyone.
- What is the opposite of hoi polloi?
- The opposite of hoi polloi is elite.
- What does hoi polloi mean?
- Hoi polloi means the common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.).
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