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

1 sense of populace

Sense 1
populace, public, world -- (people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public")
       => people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")