- people
- noun1 more than one personADJECTIVE▪ young▪ elderly, old▪ common, normal, ordinary▪ real▪
All the characters in the book are based on real people.
▪ important▪a line of limousines carrying very important people
▪ famous▪ middle-class, working-class▪ business, professional, working▪ unemployed▪ poor▪ rich, wealthy▪ blind, deaf, disabled▪access for disabled people
▪ gay▪ innocent▪Many innocent people were killed.
▪ healthy, sick▪ vulnerable (esp. BrE)▪ homeless▪ happy▪ creative, intelligent, smart (esp. AmE), talented▪ stupid▪ decent, good, interesting, lovely (esp. BrE), nice, wonderful▪ bad▪ strange▪ singleVERB + PEOPLE▪ meet▪ attract▪The local tourist board is trying to attract more people to the town.
2 of a particular place/raceADJECTIVE▪ local▪ country▪ indigenous, native▪ primitive▪These artists derived much of their imagery from the art of so-called primitive peoples.
▪ tribal▪ nomadic▪ Aboriginal, Arab, Japanese, Slavic, etc.▪the culture of the Basque people
▪ black, white▪ diverse▪Australia is a collectivity of diverse peoples.
▪ civilized▪ oppressed▪ marginalized▪ colonial, colonized, conquered▪ displaced▪ prehistoricVERB + PEOPLE▪ represent▪I was elected to represent the people of Bristol.
▪ bring together, unite▪The EU was intended to unite the peoples of Europe.
PHRASES▪ the peoples of the world
Collocations dictionary. 2013.