EGAVE

masses

About 18.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of mass
  2. noun plural of masse
  3. noun People, especially a large number of people; the general population.
  4. noun The total population.
    The masses will be voting this Tuesday.
  5. noun The lower classes or all but the elite.
    […] the ignorant masses […]
  6. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of mass

Similar words

people hoi polloi multitude popular population grassroots public heaps lots loads

Often followed by

of and in are to were for that is

Word family

Mass Masses mass massed massing

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