- a disorderly crowd; mob
- the rabble ⇒ derogatory the body of ordinary people
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rab•ble1 /ˈræbəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a disorderly crowd;
mob. - the rabble, [plural* used with a plural verb] the lower classes;
the common people.
rab•ble1
(rab′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling.
n.
v.t.
rab•ble2 (rab′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. [Metall.]
n.
v.t.
rab′bler, n.
n.
- a disorderly crowd;
mob. - the rabble, the lower classes;
the common people:The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt.
v.t.
- to beset as a rabble does;
mob.
- Middle English rabel (noun, nominal), of uncertain origin, originally 1350–1400
rab•ble2 (rab′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. [Metall.]
n.
- Metallurgya tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
v.t.
- Metallurgyto stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
- Latin rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals, equivalent. to *rutā(re) presumed frequentative of ruere to churn up, disturb + -bulum suffix of instrument
- French râble fire-shovel, tool, Middle French raable
- 1655–65
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rabble /ˈræbəl/ n
'rabble' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
canaille
- mob
- rabble-rouser
- raff
- rascal
- riffraff
- rouser
- rout
- varletry
- doggery
- herd
- inflame
- overheat
- rabblement
- rabble-rouse
- rabble-rousing
- ragtag and bobtail
- tag
- tagrag
- troublemaker
- unwashed
- shrill