'common people' definitions:

Definition of 'common people'

noun

People in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" [syn: folk, folks, common people]

Synonyms of 'common people'

From: Moby Thesaurus

bourgeoisie,
common run,
common sort,
commonage,
commonality,
commonalty,
commoners,
commons,
laborers,
linendrapers,
lower classes,
lower middle class,
lower orders,
lumpen proletariat,
middle class,
middle orders,
ordinary people,
peasantry,
plain folks,
plain people,
proletariat,
rank and file,
shopkeepers,
small tradesmen,
the lower cut,
the other half,
the third estate,
toilers,
toiling class,
upper middle class,
vulgus,
working class,
working people