English > people: 6 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively. |
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| Examples | - "old people"
- "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
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| Member of | world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth |
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| Members | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Narrower | Slavic people | A race of people speaking a Slavonic language |
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| age group, age bracket, cohort | A group of people having approximately the same age |
| ancients | People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) |
| baffled | People who are frustrated and perplexed |
| blind | people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group |
| blood | people viewed as members of a group |
| brave | People who are brave |
| business people, businesspeople | People who transact business (especially business executives) |
| chosen people | Any people believing themselves to be chosen by God |
| class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class | People having the same social, economic, or educational status |
| clientele, patronage, business | customers collectively |
| coevals, contemporaries, generation | All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
| community | A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common |
| damned | People who are condemned to eternal punishment |
| dead | People who are no longer living |
| deaf | People who have severe hearing impairments |
| defeated, discomfited | People who are defeated |
| disabled, handicapped | People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped |
| doomed, lost | People who are destined to die soon |
| enemy | Any hostile group of people |
| episcopacy, episcopate | The collective body of bishops |
| folk, folks, common people | People in general (often used in the plural) |
| free, free people | People who are free |
| homebound | People who are confined to their homes / homes |
| initiate, enlightened | People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity |
| living | People who are still living |
| lobby | The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest |
| mentally retarded, retarded, developmentally challenged | People collectively who are mentally retarded |
| migration | A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) |
| nation, land, country | The people who live in a nation or country |
| nationality | People having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation |
| network army | A group of like-minded people united by the internet |
| peanut gallery | (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance) |
| peoples | The human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group |
| pocket | A small isolated group of people |
| poor people, poor | People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) |
| populace, public, world | People in general considered as a whole |
| population | The people who inhabit a territory or state |
| rank and file | People who constitute the main body of any group |
| retreated | People who have retreated |
| rich people, rich | People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group) |
| sick | People who are sick |
| smart money | People who are highly experienced or who have inside information |
| timid, cautious | People who are fearful and cautious |
| tradespeople | People engaged in trade |
| unconfessed | People who have not confessed |
| unemployed people, unemployed | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) |
| uninitiate | People who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity |
| womankind | women as distinguished from men |
| wounded, maimed | People who are wounded |
| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
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| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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| Spanish | gente, personas, pueblo |
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| Catalan | gent, persones |
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| Verbs | people | fill with people |
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| people | furnish with people |
