Word Finder - people

definition

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

example

There were so many people at the restaurant last night.

synonyms

• lede
• leod
• peeps

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Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

synonyms

• collective
• community
• congregation
• folk

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A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

synonyms

• fans
• groupies
• supporters

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One's colleagues or employees.

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A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

example

My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.

synonyms

• folks
• kin
• kith

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The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

synonyms

• citizenry
• commoners
• populace

definition

To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

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To become populous or populated.

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To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

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To interact with people; to socialize.

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An individual; usually a human being.

example

Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.

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The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

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Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

example

At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

definition

The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.

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(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.

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A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

Most people will tell you anything you want to know.

People on top of the earth are all meat.

I made friends with many people on the train.

People passing between them were a blur.

When she talked to people, she liked to do it face to face.

The 1920s to 1950s renderings of what people thought the future would look like are full of things like personal jetpacks and flying cars.

There are the people who hope the future will be better.

Most people haven't even tried because we cannot reasonably imagine a way by which we can be rid of them.

You teach them to respect people.

Mom used to say that people suspected in others what they had experienced or what they would do in the other person's shoes.

And because human nature changes either not at all or very slowly, people make the same choices over and over again.

Friday was usually a hectic day, with people being released, so she was unable to leave early.

With so many people at their house, it was fortunate that the weather was warm and dry so they could utilize the courtyard for the children.

At the moment he was one of the most important people in her life.

So he followed the Prince into the great domed hall, and Dorothy and Zeb came after them, while the throng of people trooped in also.

Everything that I saw other people do I insisted upon imitating.

The people did not like this.

I may be connected to other people, but still it is all about me.

Maybe that was the attraction she felt for people like Yancey and Allen.

I guess maybe hearing people talk... about their marriage.

I don't care what other people think.

Being around Lathum had opened his eyes to the number of people who deceive and are deceived.

The people were dressed in old fashioned clothes.

Maybe so, but there have been many people attacked by bears - mostly black bears.

The people whom they met gazed at them and wondered who they could be.

I don't want people harassing me.

I suppose there are some people who would consider it unthinkable to keep it in operation.

Science would solve everything, prosperity would grow indefinitely, and people would thrive.

There were so many people and cars.

Immediately the Prince and all of his people flocked out of the hall into the street, that they might see what was about to happen.

It is a secret the bears do not know, and we people of Voe usually walk upon the water when we travel, and so escape our enemies.

The people for miles around were roused as though a fire were raging.

Then there are the people who reason the future will be better.

That it would mean people would no longer know their neighbors?

I do not remember when I first realized that I was different from other people; but I knew it before my teacher came to me.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can.

More people she wouldn't know.

And if so, would they be able to fit three people comfortably in the front seat?

No. Well yes, but so were other people.

The same thing people are up to now, I suppose.

People always wanted what seemed unobtainable.

He pissed off the wrong people.

Only a fairy country could have veg'table people; and only in a fairy country could Eureka and Jim talk as we do.

Here the conversation seemed interesting and he stood waiting for an opportunity to express his own views, as young people are fond of doing.

Oh, I can understand why you would want to deceive people, I just don't understand how you can involve your family in such a thing – especially Tammy!

The stage came to a halt in front of the station, and people drifted by, satisfying their curiosity about its occupants.

I think you're one of the few people who would truly appreciate it.

We'd be accusing people of serious crimes!

There is an army of people who would kill for what you possess.

Frankly, it's a pain in the ass with five people using one bathroom.