Synonyms: lowborn
Definition: of humble birth or origins
Usage: a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor
Similar words: lowly, base, baseborn, humble
Definition: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Usage: baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth
Similar words: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed, common
Definition: of or associated with the great masses of people
Usage: the common people in those days suffered greatly; behavior that branded him as common; his square plebeian nose; a vulgar and objectionable person; the unwashed masses
Similar words: ignoble, untitled, ungentle
Definition: not of the nobility
Usage: of ignoble (or ungentle) birth; untitled civilians