Definitions for people

Definitions for (noun) people

Main entry: people

Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience


Main entry: people

Definition: members of a family line

Usage: his people have been farmers for generations; are your people still alive?


Main entry: people, citizenry

Definition: the body of citizens of a state or country

Usage: the Spanish people


Main entry: hoi polloi, the great unwashed, mass, masses, multitude, people

Definition: the common people generally

Usage: separate the warriors from the mass; power to the people


Definitions for (verb) people

Main entry: people

Definition: fill with people

Usage: Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes


Main entry: people

Definition: furnish with people

Usage: The plains are sparsely populated


Visual thesaurus for people