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Overview of noun public

      »   The noun public has 2 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• populace, public, World1.) Universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm -- (everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence")
  
  2.) World, reality -- (all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were")
  
  world -- (People1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  2.) Citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")
  
  people in General1.) General, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
  
  2.) General, superior general -- (the head of a religious order or congregation)
  
  general considered as a Whole1.) Whole -- (all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature")
  
  2.) Whole, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")
  
  whole; "he is a Hero1.) Hero -- (a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain")
  
  2.) Hero -- (the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem)
  
  hero in the Eyes1.) Eyes -- (opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes")
  
  1.) Eye, oculus, optic -- (the organ of sight)
  
  eyes of the public")

• public -- (a Body1.) Body, organic structure, physical structure -- (the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire")
  
  2.) Body, dead body -- (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake")
  
  body of People1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  2.) Citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")
  
  people sharing some Common1.) Park, commons, common, green -- (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park")
  
  1.) Common -- (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community")
  
  common interest; "the Reading1.) Reading -- (the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books")
  
  2.) Reading, meter reading, indication -- (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm")
  
  reading public")

Overview of adj public
      »   The adj public has 2 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• public -- (not Private1.) Private, buck private, common soldier -- (an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value")
  
  1.) Private -- (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life")
  
  private; open to or Concerning1.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  2.) Concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant")
  
  concerning the People1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  2.) Citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")
  
  people as a Whole1.) Whole -- (all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature")
  
  2.) Whole, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")
  
  whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "Performers1.) Performer, performing artist -- (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)
  
  performers and Members1.) Member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family")
  
  2.) Member -- (an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations")
  
  members of Royal1.) Royal -- (a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast)
  
  2.) Royal, royal stag -- (stag with antlers of 12 or more branches)
  
  royal families are public figures")

• public -- (Affecting1.) Affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")
  
  2.) Affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon)
  
  affecting the People1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  2.) Citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")
  
  people or Community1.) Community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")
  
  2.) Community -- (a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community")
  
  community as a Whole1.) Whole -- (all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature")
  
  2.) Whole, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")
  
  whole; "community leaders"; "Community1.) Community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")
  
  2.) Community -- (a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community")
  
  community interests"; "the public welfare")

Related Terms - "Public"

Meaning 1 of Publicpopulace, Public1.) Populace, public, world -- (people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public")

2.) Public -- (a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public")

Public - People in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public", world people

• Peoples1.) Peoples -- (the human beings of a particular nation or Community1.) Community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")
  
  2.) Community -- (a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community")
  
  Community - A group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" or ethnic group; "the indigenous peoples of Australia")
  
  1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  Peoples - The human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group; "the indigenous peoples of Australia"

• Age group1.) Age group, age bracket, cohort -- (a group people having approximately the same age)
  
  Age group, Age bracket1.) Age group, age bracket, cohort -- (a group people having approximately the same age)
  
  Age bracket, Cohort1.) Cohort -- (a company of companions or supporters)
  
  2.) Cohort -- (a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion))
  
  Cohort - A group people having approximately the same age

• Ancients1.) Ancients -- (people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe))
  
  1.) Ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)
  
  Ancients - People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

• Baffled1.) Baffled -- (people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled")
  
  1.) Perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")
  
  Baffled - People who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"

• Blind1.) Blind -- (people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind")
  
  2.) Blind -- (a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind")
  
  Blind - People who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"

• Blood1.) Blood -- (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions")
  
  2.) Lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
  
  Blood - The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

• Brave1.) Brave -- (a North American Indian warrior)
  
  2.) Brave -- (people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave")
  
  Brave - A North American Indian warrior

• Timid1.) Timid, cautious -- (people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid")
  
  1.) Timid -- (showing fear and lack of confidence)
  
  Timid, Cautious1.) Timid, cautious -- (people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid")
  
  1.) Cautious -- (showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver")
  
  Cautious - People who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

• Business people1.) Business people, businesspeople -- (people who transact business (especially business executives))
  
  Business people, Businesspeople1.) Business people, businesspeople -- (people who transact business (especially business executives))
  
  Businesspeople - People who transact business (especially business executives)

• Damned1.) Damned -- (people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned")
  
  1.) Curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict -- (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child")
  
  Damned - People who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"

• Dead1.) Dead -- (people who are no longer Living1.) Life, living -- (the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life")
  
  2.) Living -- (people who are still living; "save your pity for the living")
  
  Living - The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"; "they buried the dead")
  
  2.) Dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
  
  Dead - People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

• living - no definition found

• Deaf1.) Deaf -- (people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language")
  
  1.) Deafen, deaf -- (make or render deaf; "a deafening noise")
  
  Deaf - People who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"

• Defeated1.) Defeated, discomfited -- (people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated")
  
  1.) Get the better of, overcome, defeat -- (win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up")
  
  Defeated, Discomfited1.) Defeated, discomfited -- (people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated")
  
  1.) Upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)
  
  Discomfited - People who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

• Disabled1.) Disabled, handicapped -- (people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled")
  
  1.) Disable, disenable, incapacitate -- (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer")
  
  Disabled, Handicapped1.) Disabled, handicapped -- (people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled")
  
  1.) Disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap -- (injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident")
  
  Handicapped - People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled"

• Doomed1.) Doomed, lost -- (people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice")
  
  1.) Destine, fate, doom, designate -- (decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist")
  
  Doomed, Lost1.) Doomed, lost -- (people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice")
  
  1.) Lose -- (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat")
  
  Lost - People who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"

• Enemy1.) Enemy -- (an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn")
  
  2.) Enemy, foe, foeman, Opposition1.) Resistance, opposition -- (the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead")
  
  2.) Opposition, oppositeness -- (the relation between opposed entities)
  
  Opposition - The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" -- (an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies")
  
  Enemy - An opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"

• Episcopacy1.) Episcopacy, episcopate -- (the collective body of bishops)
  
  Episcopacy, Episcopate1.) Episcopate -- (the term of office of a bishop)
  
  2.) Diocese, bishopric, episcopate -- (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)
  
  Episcopate - The collective body of bishops

• Folk1.) Folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")
  
  2.) Tribe, folk -- (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)
  
  Folk, Folks1.) Folks -- (your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day")
  
  2.) Folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")
  
  Folks, Common people1.) Folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")
  
  Common people - People in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

• Free1.) Free, free people -- (people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave")
  
  1.) Free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  
  Free, Free people1.) Free, free people -- (people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave")
  
  Free people - People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

• Homebound1.) Homebound -- (people who are confined to their homes)
  
  1.) Homebound, housebound, shut-in -- (confined usually by illness)
  
  Homebound - People who are confined to their homes

• Initiate1.) Novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate -- (someone new to a field or activity)
  
  2.) Initiate, learned person, pundit, savant -- (someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field)
  
  Initiate, Enlightened1.) Initiate, enlightened -- (people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate")
  
  1.) Enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal")
  
  Enlightened - Someone new to a field or activity

• Uninitiate1.) Uninitiate -- (people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate")
  
  1.) Uninitiate, uninitiated, naive -- (not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject")
  
  Uninitiate - People who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate"

• Mentally retarded1.) Mentally retarded, retarded -- (people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a School1.) School -- (an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900")
  
  2.) School, schoolhouse -- (a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning")
  
  School - An educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" for the retarded")
  
  Mentally retarded, Retarded1.) Mentally retarded, retarded -- (people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded")
  
  1.) Check, retard, delay -- (slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development")
  
  Retarded - People collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded"

• Network army1.) Network army -- (a group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern; "a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it")
  
  Network army - A group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern; "a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it"

• Nationality1.) Nationality -- (the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization)
  
  2.) Nationality -- (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality")
  
  Nationality - The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

• Peanut gallery1.) Peanut gallery -- ((figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery")
  
  2.) Second balcony, family circle, upper balcony, peanut gallery -- (rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats)
  
  Peanut gallery - (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery"

• Pocket1.) Pocket -- (a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles)
  
  2.) Pouch, sac, sack, pocket -- (an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air")
  
  Pocket - A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• Retreated1.) Retreated -- (people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated")
  
  1.) Withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")
  
  Retreated - People who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"

• Sick1.) Sick -- (people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick")
  
  1.) Vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night")
  
  Sick - People who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

• Tradespeople1.) Tradespeople -- (people engaged in trade)
  
  Tradespeople - People engaged in trade

• Wounded1.) Wounded, maimed -- (people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell")
  
  1.) Injure, wound -- (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
  
  Wounded, Maimed1.) Wounded, maimed -- (people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell")
  
  1.) Maim -- (injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion")
  
  Maimed - People who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell"

• Migration1.) Migration -- (the movement of persons from one country or locality to another)
  
  2.) Migration -- (a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period))
  
  Migration - The movement of persons from one country or locality to another

• Class1.) Class, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")
  
  2.) Class, form, grade -- (a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy")
  
  Class, Social class1.) Class, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")
  
  Social class, Socio-economic class1.) Class, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")
  
  Socio-economic class - People having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

• Nation1.) State, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land")
  
  2.) Nation, land, country -- (the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him")
  
  Nation, Land1.) Land -- (the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city")
  
  2.) Land, ground, soil -- (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil")
  
  Land, Country1.) Country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")
  
  2.) State, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land")
  
  Country - A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

• Poor people1.) Poor people, poor -- (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance")
  
  Poor people, Poor1.) Poor people, poor -- (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance")
  
  1.) Hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched -- (deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life")
  
  Poor - People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

• Rich people1.) Rich people, rich -- (people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation")
  
  Rich people, Rich1.) Rich people, rich -- (people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation")
  
  1.) Rich -- (possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles")
  
  Rich - People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation"

• Populace1.) Populace, public, world -- (people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public")
  
  Populace, Public1.) Populace, public, world -- (people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public")
  
  2.) Public -- (a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public")
  
  Public, World1.) Universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm -- (everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence")
  
  2.) World, reality -- (all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were")
  
  World - People in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

• Population1.) Population -- (the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed")
  
  2.) Population -- (a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population")
  
  Population - The people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

• community - no definition found

• Coevals1.) Coevals, contemporaries, generation -- (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
  
  1.) Contemporary, coeval -- (a person of nearly the same age as another)
  
  Coevals, Contemporaries1.) Coevals, contemporaries, generation -- (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
  
  1.) Contemporary, coeval -- (a person of nearly the same age as another)
  
  Contemporaries, Generation1.) Coevals, contemporaries, generation -- (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
  
  2.) Generation -- (group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)
  
  Generation - All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

• Lobby1.) Anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule -- (a large entrance or reception room or area)
  
  2.) Lobby -- (the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest)
  
  Lobby - A large entrance or reception room or area

• Clientele1.) Clientele, patronage, business -- (customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele")
  
  Clientele, Patronage1.) Backing, backup, championship, patronage -- (the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives")
  
  2.) Clientele, patronage, business -- (customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele")
  
  Patronage, Business1.) Business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")
  
  2.) Commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")
  
  Business - Customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"

• Rank and file1.) Rank and file, rank -- (the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel")
  
  2.) Rank and file -- (people who constitute the main body of any group)
  
  Rank and file - The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

• Smart money1.) Smart money -- (money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information))
  
  2.) Punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money -- ((law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct))
  
  Smart money - Money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)

• Unconfessed1.) Unconfessed -- (people who have not confessed; "the unconfessed cannot be forgiven")
  
  1.) Unconfessed -- (not admitted; "unconfessed sins")
  
  Unconfessed - People who have not confessed; "the unconfessed cannot be forgiven"

• Unemployed people1.) Unemployed people, unemployed -- (people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance")
  
  Unemployed people, Unemployed1.) Unemployed people, unemployed -- (people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance")
  
  1.) Unemployed -- (not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital")
  
  Unemployed - People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

• Womankind1.) Womankind -- (women as distinguished from men)
  
  Womankind - Women as distinguished from men

• Chosen people1.) Chosen people -- (any people believing themselves to be chosen by God)
  
  Chosen people - Any people believing themselves to be chosen by God

Meaning 2 of Publicpublic body

• public - no definition found

• Sector1.) Sector -- (a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle)
  
  2.) Sector -- (a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector")
  
  Sector - A plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

• Christendom1.) Christendom, Christianity -- (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal Church1.) Church, Christian church -- (one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship)
  
  2.) Church, church building -- (a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty")
  
  Church - One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship of Christendom")
  
  Christendom, Christianity1.) Christianity, Christian religion -- (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
  
  2.) Christendom, Christianity -- (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom")
  
  Christianity - The collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"

• church - no definition found

• Sacred College1.) Sacred College, College of Cardinals -- ((Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)
  
  Sacred College, College of Cardinals1.) Sacred College, College of Cardinals -- ((Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)
  
  College of Cardinals - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• Administration1.) Administration, disposal -- (a method of tending to (especially business) matters)
  
  2.) Administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment")
  
  Administration, Governance1.) Administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment")
  
  2.) Government, governing, governance, government activity -- (the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government")
  
  Governance, Governing body1.) Administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment")
  
  Governing body, Establishment1.) Constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation -- (the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club")
  
  2.) Institution, establishment -- (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)
  
  Establishment, Brass1.) Brass -- (an alloy of copper and zinc)
  
  2.) Brass, brass instrument -- (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
  
  Brass, Organization1.) Organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together)
  
  2.) Arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification")
  
  Organization, Organisation1.) Arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification")
  
  2.) Administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment")
  
  Organisation - A method of tending to (especially business) matters

• Corps1.) Corps, army corps -- (an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support)
  
  2.) Corps -- (a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps")
  
  Corps - An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

• Constituency1.) Constituency -- (the body of Vote1.) Vote, ballot, voting, balloting -- (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion")
  
  2.) Vote -- (the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote")
  
  Vote - A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"rs who elect a representative for their area)
  
  Constituency - The body of voters who elect a representative for their area

• Electoral College1.) College -- (the body of faculty and students of a college)
  
  2.) College -- (an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a University1.) University -- (the body of faculty and students at a university)
  
  2.) University -- (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
  
  University - The body of faculty and students at a university)
  
  College - The body of faculty and students of a college1.) Electoral college -- (the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president)
  
  Electoral college - The body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president

• school - no definition found

• college - no definition found

• university - no definition found

• Staff1.) Staff -- (personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions")
  
  2.) Staff, faculty -- (the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university")
  
  Staff, Faculty1.) Faculty, mental faculty, module -- (one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind)
  
  2.) Staff, faculty -- (the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university")
  
  Faculty - Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

• Representation1.) Representation, mental representation, internal representation -- (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
  
  2.) Representation -- (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
  
  Representation - A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

• Colony1.) Colony, settlement -- (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
  
  2.) Colony -- (a group of animals of the same type living together)
  
  Colony, Settlement1.) Colony, settlement -- (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
  
  2.) Village, small town, settlement -- (a community of people smaller than a town)
  
  Settlement - A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• Ulema1.) Ulema, ulama -- (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)
  
  Ulema, Ulama1.) Ulema, ulama -- (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)
  
  Ulama - The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community

• Leadership1.) Leadership, leading -- (the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team")
  
  2.) Leadership, leaders -- (the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan")
  
  Leadership, Leaders1.) Leadership, leaders -- (the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan")
  
  1.) Leader -- (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
  
  Leaders - The activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team"

• Militia1.) Militia, reserves -- (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)
  
  2.) Militia -- (the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution)
  
  Militia - Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

• Membership1.) Membership, rank -- (the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed")
  
  2.) Membership -- (the state of being a member)
  
  Membership, Rank1.) Rank -- (a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen")
  
  2.) Rank -- (relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority")
  
  Rank - The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

• Occupational group1.) Occupational group, vocation -- (a body of people doing the same kind of work)
  
  Occupational group, Vocation1.) Career, calling, vocation -- (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
  
  2.) Occupational group, vocation -- (a body of people doing the same kind of work)
  
  Vocation - A body of people doing the same kind of work

• opposition - no definition found

• Immigration1.) Immigration, in-migration -- (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))
  
  2.) Immigration -- (the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony")
  
  Immigration - Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

• Inspectorate1.) Inspectorate -- (a body of inspectors)
  
  Inspectorate - A body of inspectors

• Jury1.) Jury -- (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)
  
  2.) Jury, Panel1.) Panel -- (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something)
  
  2.) Jury, panel -- (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
  
  Panel - Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something -- (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
  
  Jury - A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law

• panel - no definition found

• Panel1.) Panel -- (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something)
  
  2.) Jury, panel -- (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
  
  Panel, Venire1.) Panel, venire -- ((law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen))
  
  Venire - Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something

• Registration1.) Registration, enrollment, enrolment -- (the act of enrolling)
  
  2.) Registration, enrollment -- (the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time)
  
  Registration, Enrollment1.) Registration, enrollment, enrolment -- (the act of enrolling)
  
  2.) Registration, enrollment -- (the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time)
  
  Enrollment - The act of enrolling

• vote - no definition found

• Diaspora1.) Diaspora -- (the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel)
  
  2.) Diaspora -- (the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time)
  
  Diaspora - The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel