TOWNSPEOPLE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

townspeople

plural noun

Definition of townspeople

as in townsfolk

the people who live in a town or city

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Recent Examples of townspeople Though Diestel went on to make clear that no one was proposing to turn bedrooms into brothels, introducing sexuality into a sacred context was enough to shake the little world of interconnected townspeople. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Suspicious of the unusually quiet townspeople, Reacher sticks around to help Chang with an investigation that involves a disturbing note about 200 deaths, a Los Angeles journalist, and the deep web. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 The conflict whose memory the townspeople fled to leave behind. — Téa Obreht, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026 The teams were the townspeople, clapping for a wardrobe nobody could actually see. — Jeremy MacLiver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for townspeople

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townsfolk

Plural Noun

The day before that, townsfolk had torched an isolation unit.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 13 June 2026
My guess is that some kind of factions form, with some townsfolk taking Jade/Tabitha’s side and some opposing.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

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townswoman

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