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People

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Narrower term 64

Achaean 76% connected

Alt. of Achaian

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Aeolian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.

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Audience 76% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Baffled 76% connected

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Blind 76% connected

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

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Blood 76% connected

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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Brave 76% connected

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Cautious 76% connected

Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a…

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Clientele 76% connected

The condition or position of a client; clientship

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Cohort 76% connected

A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Damned 76% connected

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Dead 76% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Deaf 76% connected

Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

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Defeated 76% connected

of Defeat

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Disabled 76% connected

of Disable

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Discomfited 76% connected

of Discomfit

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Doomed 76% connected

of Doom

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Dorian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

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Electorate 76% connected

The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

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Enemy 76% connected

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

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Episcopacy 76% connected

Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops…

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Episcopate 76% connected

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

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Folk 76% connected

Alt. of Folks

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Folks 76% connected

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

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Following 76% connected

of Follow

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Generation 76% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Governed 76% connected

of Govern

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Handicapped 76% connected

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Ionian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.

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Laity 76% connected

The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Living 76% connected

of Live

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Lobby 76% connected

A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby comm…

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Lost 76% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

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Maimed 76% connected

of Maim

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Migration 76% connected

The act of migrating.

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Nation 76% connected

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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Nationality 76% connected

The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

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Patronage 76% connected

Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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Pocket 76% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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Poor 76% connected

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Populace 76% connected

The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

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Population 76% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Public 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the pub…

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Retarded 76% connected

of Retard

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Retreated 76% connected

of Retreat

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Rich 76% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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Sick 76% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Temporalty 76% connected

The laity; secular people.

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Timid 76% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Tradespeople 76% connected

People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.

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Unemployed 76% connected

Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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Womankind 76% connected

The females of the human race; women, collectively.

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World 76% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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Wounded 76% connected

of Wound

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

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Family 76% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Folk 76% connected

Alt. of Folks

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

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Inhabit 76% connected

To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

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Kinsfolk 76% connected

Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Phratry 76% connected

A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

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Populate 76% connected

Populous.

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Sept 76% connected

A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

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Citizen 70% connected

One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

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Individual 70% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Mortal 70% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Person 70% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 70% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 70% connected

Sole.

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Humanity 70% connected

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

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Humankind 70% connected

Mankind.

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Man 70% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Mankind 70% connected

The human race; man, taken collectively.

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World 70% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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Mass 92% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Multitude 92% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

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