noun
1 more than one person
ADJECTIVE
▪ young
▪ elderly , old
▪ common , normal , ordinary
▪ real
▪
All the characters in the book are based on real ~.
▪ important
▪
a line of limousines carrying very important ~
▪ famous
▪ middle-class , working-class
▪ business , professional , working
▪ unemployed
▪ poor
▪ rich , wealthy
▪ blind , deaf , disabled
▪
access for disabled ~
▪ gay
▪ innocent
▪
Many innocent ~ 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
▪ single
VERB + PEOPLE
▪ meet
▪ attract
▪
The local tourist board is trying to attract more ~ to the town.
2 of a particular place/race
ADJECTIVE
▪ local
▪ country
▪ indigenous , native
▪ primitive
▪
These artists derived much of their imagery from the art of so-called primitive ~s.
▪ tribal
▪ nomadic
▪ Aboriginal , Arab , Japanese , Slavic , etc.
▪
the culture of the Basque ~
▪ black , white
▪ diverse
▪
Australia is a collectivity of diverse ~s.
▪ civilized
▪ oppressed
▪ marginalized
▪ colonial , colonized , conquered
▪ displaced
▪ prehistoric
VERB + PEOPLE
▪ represent
▪
I was elected to represent the ~ of Bristol.
▪ bring together , unite
▪
The EU was intended to unite the ~s of Europe.
PHRASES
▪ the ~s of the world