people

Noun

• the common people generally
  • separate the warriors from the mass
    
  • power to the people
    

• members of a family line
  • his people have been farmers for generations
    
  • are your people still alive?
    

• the body of citizens of a state or country
  • the Spanish people
    

• (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  • old people
    
  • there were at least 200 people in the audience
    

Verb

• furnish with people
  • The plains are sparsely populated
    

• fill with people
  • Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  multitude , masses , mass , hoi polloi , the great unwashed , citizenry