39
public(noun, state, area, push, line)
32
populace(noun, state, area, push, mass)
29
population(noun, state, group, line, society)
25
masses(noun, set, meet, press, group)
24
society(noun, state, area, group, line)
23
humanity(noun, body, group, race, stock)
19
folk(noun, kind, line, house, human)
19
family(noun, classification, blood, category, human)
19
community(noun, state, area, line, society)
18
multitude(noun, set, meet, press, group)
18
folks(noun, group, society, family, human)
18
hoi polloi(noun, expression, idiom, crowd, community)
17
populate(verb, activity, hold, place, cover)
16
mankind(noun, group, race, inhabitant, mankind)
16
clan(noun, group, line, connection, crowd)
14
nation(noun, state, area, line, issue)
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race(noun, group, family, blood, category)
14
crowd(noun, verb, settle, push, mass)
13
man(noun, verb, group, mankind)
12
proletariat(noun, push, group, line, mass)
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