The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.
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Populace
//ˈpɑpjələs//
Synonyms for "populace" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
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Related words (39)
Noun(11 words)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- poble noun (common people)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 庶民 noun (common people)
- 民眾 /民众 noun (common people)
- 齊民 /齐民 noun (common people)
Dutch
1 entries- plebs noun (common people)
Esperanto
1 entries- popolamaso noun (common people)
French
3 entries- bas peuple noun (common people)
- plèbe noun (common people)
- populace noun (common people)
German
3 entries- Pöbel noun (common people)
- breite Masse noun (common people)
- gemeine Volk noun (common people)
Italian
2 entries- popolo noun (common people)
- pubblico noun (common people)
Japanese
3 entries- 大衆 noun (common people)
- 庶民 noun (common people)
- 民衆 noun (common people)
Latin
1 entries- populus noun (common people)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജനം noun (common people)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xelk noun (common people)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bevelkjarunk noun (common people)
Portuguese
2 entries- povo noun (common people)
- povão noun (common people)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜਨਤਾ noun (common people)
Russian
4 entries- бы́дло noun (common people)
- ма́ссы noun (common people)
- просто́й наро́д noun (common people)
- простонаро́дье noun (common people)
Spanish
2 entries- populacho noun (common people)
- pueblo noun (common people)
Tibetan
1 entries- མི་དམངས noun (common people)
Turkish
1 entries- cumhur noun (common people)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
Source: tatoeba (714748)
A "Post-scarcity Economy" requires higher intelligence from its populace.
Source: tatoeba (2062917)
The populace have never forgotten the president's generosity.
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