- the inhabitants of an area
- ordinary people collectively
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pop•u•lace /ˈpɑpyələs/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- (in a community or nation) the common people.
- the people living in a place;
population.
pop•u•lace
(pop′yə ləs),USA pronunciation n.
- the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- all the inhabitants of a place;
population.
- Italian popolaccio, equivalent. to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
- French
- 1565–75
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populace /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ n (sometimes functioning as plural)
'populace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
deme
- demography
- demos
- mob
- people
- plebiscite
- bread and circuses
- crowd
- example
- great unwashed
- plebs
- public interest