populace
noun
[ ˈpɒpjʊləs ]
• the people living in a particular country or area.
• "the party misjudged the mood of the populace"
Similar:
population,
inhabitants,
residents,
natives,
occupants,
occupiers,
community,
country,
public,
people,
nation,
common people,
general public,
man/woman in the street,
masses,
multitude,
rank and file,
commonality,
commonalty,
third estate,
plebeians,
proletariat,
crowd,
man/woman on the street,
folk,
common folk,
Joe Public,
Joe Bloggs,
John Doe,
denizens,
indigenes,
the hoi polloi,
common herd,
rabble,
mob,
riff-raff,
the canaille,
the great unwashed,
ragtag (and bobtail),
proles,
plebs,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French, from Italian popolaccio ‘common people’, from popolo ‘people’ + the pejorative suffix -accio .
