100 Other Words for “People”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Activists	People campaigning for change.
2.	Adults	Grown persons.
3.	Aficionados	Enthusiastic devotees.
4.	Agents	Representatives acting for others.
5.	Aliens	Foreign nationals; outsiders.
6.	Allies	Supportive partners or friends.
7.	Audience	Spectators or listeners.
8.	Beneficiaries	People receiving benefits.
9.	Bystanders	Onlookers not involved.
10.	Cadre	Core group of trained members.
11.	Captives	People held prisoner.
12.	Caretakers	People providing care.
13.	Citizens	Members of a state.
14.	Clients	Customers receiving services.
15.	Colleagues	Work associates.
16.	Commoners	Ordinary, non-elite persons.
17.	Community	People in a shared area/group.
18.	Companions	Those who accompany others.
19.	Constituents	Those represented by an official.
20.	Consumers	Buyers or users of goods.
21.	Contacts	People one can reach.
22.	Crew	Team operating together.
23.	Crowd	Large gathered group.
24.	Customers	Purchasers of goods or services.
25.	Delegates	Appointed representatives.
26.	Denizens	Inhabitants of a place.
27.	Descendants	Offspring in later generations.
28.	Deviants	Those outside accepted norms.
29.	Dwellers	Residents; inhabitants.
30.	Elders	Older, respected persons.
31.	Electorate	Eligible voters collectively.
32.	Employees	Workers hired by an employer.
33.	Ensemble	Group performing together.
34.	Entourage	Attendants around an important person.
35.	Entrepreneurs	People starting businesses.
36.	Fans	Enthusiastic supporters.
37.	Folk	Ordinary persons; people in general.
38.	Followers	Supporters; those who follow.
39.	Friends	People one likes and trusts.
40.	Gathering	Group assembled together.
41.	Generation	People born around same time.
42.	Gentry	Upper social class members.
43.	Guests	Visitors invited or welcomed.
44.	Heirs	People who inherit.
45.	Household	People living together in a home.
46.	Humans	Members of Homo sapiens.
47.	Immigrants	Those who move to a country.
48.	Individuals	Single persons considered separately.
49.	Inhabitants	People living in a place.
50.	Insiders	Members with special access.
51.	Interlocutors	Participants in a conversation.
52.	Jurors	People serving on a jury.
53.	Kin	Relatives; family members.
54.	Kith and kin	Friends and relatives.
55.	Laborers	Manual workers.
56.	Locals	People from the area.
57.	Mankind	Human beings collectively.
58.	Members	Persons belonging to a group.
59.	Men	Adult male persons.
60.	Migrants	People who move locations.
61.	Mob	Unruly crowd.
62.	Neighbors	People living nearby.
63.	Newcomers	Recently arrived persons.
64.	Nomads	People who move regularly.
65.	Observers	Watchers; witnesses.
66.	Occupants	Those residing in a place.
67.	Onlookers	Spectators; bystanders.
68.	Opponents	People who resist or compete.
69.	Outsiders	Nonmembers; strangers.
70.	Parents	Mothers and fathers.
71.	Participants	People taking part.
72.	Passersby	People passing by.
73.	Patrons	Customers; supporters.
74.	Peers	Equals in status or age.
75.	Personnel	Staff members collectively.
76.	Persons	Human individuals.
77.	Pilgrims	People on religious journeys.
78.	Populace	People of a region.
79.	Population	All residents of an area.
80.	Protesters	People demonstrating publicly.
81.	Public	The community at large.
82.	Recruits	Newly enlisted people.
83.	Refugees	People fleeing danger.
84.	Representatives	People acting for others.
85.	Residents	People who live somewhere.
86.	Retinue	Group of attendants.
87.	Runaways	Those who flee or escape.
88.	Scholars	Learned people; academics.
89.	Settlers	People establishing a new home.
90.	Shoppers	People buying goods.
91.	Siblings	Brothers and sisters.
92.	Society	People living together under norms.
93.	Soldiers	Members of an army.
94.	Spectators	People watching an event.
95.	Staff	Employees of an organization.
96.	Stakeholders	People with an interest involved.
97.	Strangers	Unknown people.
98.	Students	People studying or learning.
99.	Subjects	People under a ruler’s authority.
100.	Supporters	People who back a cause.