persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general

to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?

persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group

Twenty people volunteered to help.

human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.

the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like

the people of Australia; the Jewish people.

the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination)

the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople.

the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.

a man of the people.

the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.

the king and his people.

the body of enfranchised citizens of a state

representatives chosen by the people.

a person's family or relatives

My grandmother's people came from Iowa.

(used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, esp. under Communist leadership)

people's republic; people's army.

animals of a specified kind

the monkey people of the forest.

to furnish with people; populate.

to supply or stock as if with people

a meadow peopled with flowers.

noun

animals , plants

noun

bodies , body politic , bourgeois , cats , citizens , clan , commonality , common people , community , crowd , family , folk , folks , general public , heads , herd , hoi polloi * , horde , humanity , humankind , human race , humans , inhabitants , john/jane q. public , kin , masses , mob , mortals , multitude , nation , nationality , person in the street , persons , plebeians , populace , population , proletariat , public , rabble , race , rank and file * , riffraff * , society , tribenotes:people is a term equivalent to cows and horses - like a herd of humans; persons is used in regard to our external aspects and refers to a number of individuals , canaille , commonalty , commoners , demos , electorate , hoi polloi , homo sapiens , inhabit , kindred , laity , mankind , men , menagerie , pandemia , person , plebeian , plebs , populate , ragtag , rank and file , relations , relatives , riffraff , stock , throng , tribe , women

verb

occupy , populate