hoi polloi

Questions about hoi polloi

What does hoi polloi mean?

hoi polloi means "the common people generally".

What is another word for hoi polloi?

Close synonyms include multitude, masses, mass, people, the great unwashed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoi polloi a common word?

hoi polloi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.