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Synonyms of people

13 similar words

Another word for people is collective. Other synonyms of people are community, congregation and folks.

Synonyms and similar words for people

nounPersons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country...

  • collectiveA farm owned by a collection of people.
  • communityA group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual...
  • congregationAny large gathering of people.
  • folkA people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

nounA group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or...

nounA person's ancestors, relatives or family.

nounThe mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the...

Meaning of people

  1. noun Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
  2. noun A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
  3. noun One's colleagues or employees.

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Questions about synonyms of people

What is another word for people?
People has 13 synonyms on Word.ws, such as collective, community, congregation and folks.
What does people mean?
People means persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: people (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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