Antonyms for populace
ˈpɒp yə ləspop·u·lace

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. populacenoun

   The common people of a nation.

   The populace despised their ignorant leader.

   Synonyms:
   rabble, masses, hoi polloi, riff-raff, people

2. populacenoun

   The inhabitants of a nation.

   Synonyms:
   inhabitant, population

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. populace

   The populace are poor and ignorant, but may be law-abiding; a mob is disorderly and lawless, but may be rich and influential. The rabble is despicable, worthless, purposeless; a mob may have effective desperate purpose. A crowd may be drawn by mere curiosity; some strong, pervading excitement is needed to make it a mob. Compare PEOPLE.

   Synonyms:
   canaille, crowd, dregs of the people, lower classes, masses, mob, rabble, the vulgar

Matched Categories

1. • People

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. populace, public, worldnoun

   people in general considered as a whole

   "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

   Synonyms:
   reality, world, humankind, public, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, universe, worldly concern, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, humans, earth, domain

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1. populacenoun

   Synonyms:
   commonalty, proletariat, rabble

How to use populace in a sentence?

1. Ben McKenzie:

   The notion that any significant portion of the populace will take it upon themselves to spend the multiple hours required to read a 450 page report is sadly unrealistic.

2. Melissa Murray:

   You don't get a restrictive law like HB 1510, the law that's at issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, or like SB 8, the law that has basically bedeviled federal courts for a few months now and stymied access to abortion in Texas, unless you've so gerrymandered the districts in your state that your legislature doesn't necessarily reflect the scope of the populace.

3. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi:

   For young people who constitute a greater chunk of the populace, reliance on the internet for daily functions has become a must, business, both small and large wouldn't be able to continue their everyday activities should the government keep the people cut out.

4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The power of a government is a sacred trust, only justly exercised when it safeguards the liberties and aspirations of its populace.

5. Di Martino:

   I know you can't build Baroque churches today, but there is definitely a disconnect between the populace and the ideas of these architects, the big issue is that we are in search of a model that can represent our era. And we haven't found one.

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