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Synonyms for masses
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Princeton's WordNet
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed(noun)
the common people generally
"separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
Synonyms:
tidy sum, plurality, wad, peck, mint, plenty, lot, pack, hoi polloi, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, pile, muckle, volume, mass, good deal, stack, mountain, multitude, deal, battalion, throng, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, citizenry, heap, mess, people, sight, large number, concourse, spate, the great unwashed, bulk, great deal, pot
Wiktionary
masses(noun)
Synonyms:
unwashed
English Synonyms and Antonyms
masses
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, mob, populace, rabble, the vulgar
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List of paraphrases for "masses":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#105 | people | |
#748 | lot | |
#1082 | volume | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1521 | mountain | |
#1570 | pack | |
#2009 | mass | |
#3715 | bodies | |
#3977 | bulk | |
#4715 | plenty | |
#4976 | sight | |
#5100 | pot | |
#5177 | mint | |
#5598 | crowd | |
#5702 | stack | |
#7410 | batch | |
#8009 | mess | |
#8454 | weights | |
#10160 | masses | |
#10302 | pile | |
#12365 | mob | |
#13665 | battalion | |
#14364 | heap | |
#15058 | flock | |
#15569 | crowds | |
#15954 | multitude | |
#17739 | peck | |
#21615 | plurality | |
#21748 | raft | |
#22194 | slew | |
#30708 | populace | |
#36341 | concourse | |
#36659 | wad | |
#36953 | rabble | |
#42902 | citizenry | |
#48006 | spate | |
#50398 | throng | |
#67625 | unwashed | |
#127323 | mickle | |
#149105 | muckle | |
#163107 | passel | |
#201413 | hatful | |
#315064 | sledgehammers |
How to use masses in a sentence?
Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace!
White babies would not be treated the way these babies of color are being treated, Madam Secretary, this is about color. We've opened our doors, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. Except we now have our quota of people of color.
They are the non-politician politician. They both claim to be outsiders, they both claim to be anti-establishment, they both present themselves as being the champion of the masses.
Muslim masses are protesting over the blasphemous caricatures, but not the Muslim rulers and Muslim armies. They all should raise their voices over this act.
Intellectuals are real and actuals who speak first to bare open and bring fore the burning matters’ factual before others can speak up and never latch up to the craziest trend amongst masses to popularize themselves.
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