Overview of noun people

The noun people has 4 senses

• people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")


• citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")


• people -- (members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?")


• multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people")

Overview of verb people

The verb people has 2 senses

• people -- (fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes")


• people -- (furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated")