Working class

Synonyms for "working class" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

commonerscommonslaborerlaborerslinendraperslower classlower classeslower middle classlower orderslumpen proletariatmiddle class
Noun(5 words)
laborlaboring classlabourlower classlower-class

Related words (27)

middle ordersmiddle-classordinary peoplepeasantryplain folksplain peoplepopulaceproletarianproletariatrank and filesalt of the earthshopkeepershopkeeperssmall tradesmenthe lower cutthe other halfthe third estatethird estatetoilertoilers
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toiling classupper middle classvulgusworking people

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
classdemographic groupeconomic classsocial classsocial groupsocio-economic classsocioeconomic groupstratum

More specific

7 entries
blue-collar workerblue-collar workersfactory workerindustrial workersmanual workerstrike supportersunion members

Collocations

9 entries
blue-collar workerslower classworking class familiesworking class identityworking class literatureworking class movementworking class politicsworking-class cultureworking-class neighborhoods

Inflections

3 entries
more working-classmost working-classworking classes

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

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It may seem that the Met was a snobbish outfit, a betrayer of the egalitarian dreams of Charles Pearson, but in being one of the pioneers of working men's fares the company had helped to bring about a revolution that would allow the working classes to live in London. Cheap trains would supersede Gladstone's well-meant Parliamentary Trains.

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Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for an obvious evil which the interests of that class will necessarily demand.

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