'Populace' definitions:
Definition of 'populace'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Populace'
From: GCIDE
- Populace \Pop"u*lace\, n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Mob; people; commonalty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'populace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- body politic,
- bourgeoisie,
- canaille,
- citizenry,
- common man,
- commonage,
- commonalty,
- commoners,
- commonwealth,
- community,
- community at large,
- constituency,
- crowd,
- cultural community,
- dwellers,
- estate,
- everybody,
- everyman,
- Everyman,
- everyone,
- everywoman,
- folk,
- folks,
- general public,
- gentry,
- habitancy,
- hoi polloi,
- inhabitants,
- John Doe,
- linguistic community,
- masses,
- men,
- mob,
- multitude,
- nation,
- nationality,
- peasantry,
- people,
- people at large,
- people in general,
- persons,
- plebeians,
- plebes,
- polity,
- population,
- proletariat,
- Public,
- public,
- rabble,
- ragtag and bobtail,
- rank and file,
- society,
- speech community,
- state,
- third estate,
- throng,
- whole people,
- working class,
- world,
- you and me