What does populace mean?
Populace means The common people of a nation..
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/ˈpɒpjʊləs/ · noun
The common people of a nation..
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
Use populace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Populace means The common people of a nation..
Common synonyms include common people, hoi polloi, masses, people.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
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