COMMONER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

commoner

noun

Definition of commoner

as in plebeian

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Recent Examples of commoner Two of the most famous royal-commoner pairings came decades before the brothers, when King Edward abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The psoas is important, but invisible, like a commoner. — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 It will be attended by roughly 150,000 fans, kings and commoners, wearing hats and drinking mint juleps. — NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commoner

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Noun

In the latter years of the Roman Republic, landowners amassed unprecedented riches while plebeians floundered, spawning resentment that infected many corners of society.

— Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
How could the bookseller trust two random plebeians off the street?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of plebeian

Noun

Instead of following his gut like some unenlightened pleb, Patrick trusts his spleen and his spleen alone.

— Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
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.

— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 20 Jan. 2023

Definition of pleb

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Now artists, who had only recently emerged as solo entrepreneurs, reverted to their erstwhile status as proletarians—indeed, as migrant workers.

— Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Fundamentally, the proletarian forfeits not so much income as individual freedom and the sovereignty of his or her class.

— Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

Definition of proletarian

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Coxon is the existential-risk everyman — his delivery of the doomsday message mirrors everyday conversations people working in AI have with those in the ever-growing AI doomer community.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Playing do-gooder cop Matt in Heroes is just one milestone on the resume of Greg Grunberg, who has made a name for himself as an affable everyman.

— Megan Vick, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

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