populace
/ˈpɑpjələs/noun3 syllables
Populace means: people in general considered as a whole.
Synonyms for populace10
What does populace mean?1
noun
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people in general considered as a whole“he is a hero in the eyes of the public”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Populace in a sentence
- The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.Scott
- The populace, once uprisen, will not be put down.RJH
- After all of these years of war, the populace is tired and beleaguered.JHR
- The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.darinmex
- The populace have never forgotten the president's generosity.mervert1
- It cannot be allowed to terrorize the populace any longer.mailohilohi
- Their inability to satisfy the desires of the populace led to their electoral defeat.mailohilohi
- Their unwillingness to satisfy the desires of the populace led to their electoral defeat.mailohilohi
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Forms of populace
as a noun
- plural
- populaces