Masses

Noun

 * 1)  People, especially a large number of people
 * , Monty Python and the Holy Grail
 * "Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses..."
 * 1) The total population.
 * The masses will be voting this Tuesday.
 * 1) The lower classes or all but the elite.
 * ...the ignorant masses...
 * ...the ignorant masses...

Synonyms

 * unwashed

Derived terms

 * unwashed masses

Verb
masses



Adjectives for Masses
(General)

singular; vapory; quadrangular; comet-shaped; thunderous; dusky; cosmic; exultant; dense; congested; multitudinous; surging; accumulated; struggling; huddled; flame-shaped; crushing; impenetrable; enormous; enthusiastic; metallic; hurrying; disorderly; grateful; cross; incensed; vast; bold; fleeing; irregular; illiterate; listening; glittering; shadowy; dusky; dull; huge; menacing; obedient; luminous.

Verbs for Masses
(People)

benefit—; cajole—; deride—; educate—; enkindle—; enslave—; exhort—; exploit—; ferment—; inflame—; indoctrinate—; lift —; move—; rally—round; subjugate—; submerge—; sway—; tread on—; weld—; —erupt; '—revolt; —seethe.

Thesaurus
cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, flunky, follower, hoi polloi, ignobile vulgus, inferior, junior, lightweight, lower class, lower orders, many-headed multitude, mobile vulgus, pawn, second fiddle, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, the common herd, the crowd, the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi, the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob, the multitude, third stringer, underling, understrapper, yes-man

Noun

 * Arabic: الجماهير
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 大衆, 民衆
 * Russian: массы

Noun

 * 1)  The commoners, the people.