Synonyms for people

Noun

1. people, group, grouping

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

2. citizenry, people, group, grouping

usage: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"

3. multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, group, grouping

usage: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

4. people, family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

usage: members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"

Verb

1. people, populate, fill, fill up, make full

usage: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"

2. dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate, be

usage: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"