Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plebeian

1 sense of plebeian

Sense 1
plebeian, pleb -- (one of the common people)
       => commoner, common man, common person -- (a person who holds no title)

Antonyms of adj plebeian

1 sense of plebeian

Sense 1
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed -- (of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses")

INDIRECT (VIA lowborn) -> noble -- (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth")

Similarity of adj plebeian

1 sense of plebeian

Sense 1
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed -- (of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses")
       => lowborn (vs. noble) -- (of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor")

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