as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
wondered what the people at the country club would think of his plebeian origins
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Recent Examples of plebeian
Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
Skeptics might shrug their shoulders at this plebeian fare.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.
—Noun
In the days of the Roman Empire, plebeians and patricians alike entertained themselves by watching men fight to the death.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for plebeian
Adjective
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The president argued that inflation was already low enough to start cutting rates.—
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There’s something motivating about having this low, electronic drumbeat pushing you along, trying to go faster and faster and faster.—
Noun
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On the one hand, the proletarian contributes every bit of on-the-clock activity to the value of the resulting commodity.—
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The song, now considered a protest anthem, is about a social revolution in which French proletarians stand against the ruling class — in this case, an oppressive monarchy.—
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In October, King Charles stripped his younger brother Prince Andrew of all royal titles and privileges, leaving him a commoner known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.—
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The 1947 Imperial House Law only allows male-line succession and forces female royals who marry commoners to lose their royal status.—
Adjective
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Singer Island has a humble personality, with more reverence for its natural beauty and less regard for glamorous perfection than its southern neighbor.—
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This humble ingredient is a powerhouse in all kinds of cooking.—
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Instead of following his gut like some unenlightened pleb, Patrick trusts his spleen and his spleen alone.—
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Adjective
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
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The Jets recently saw their local deliveries plummet to an ignoble 4.5 rating, which translates to a meager 350,530 Gang Green households tuning in to WBCS-2.—
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In Jodie Foster’s satire-cum-thriller, George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-ish TV finance guru whose bullish promotion of one stock has led desperate prole Jack O’Connell to lose his life savings, leading to a hostage standoff in the TV studio.—
Adjective
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Two nights after falling at lowly Washington, the Magic beat the Nets for the eighth straight time to improve to 21-17.—
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Even the lowly Atlanta Thrashers had that weird week of Chris Chelios.—
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“Plebeian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plebeian. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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