masses

(noun) the common people generally. Synonyms: multitude, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed. Examples: "Separate the warriors from the mass." "Power to the people."

(noun) the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field. Synonyms: mass.

(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. Examples: "A batch of letters." "A deal of trouble." "A lot of money." "He made a mint on the stock market." "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos." "It must have cost plenty." "A slew of journalists." "A wad of money."

(noun) an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). Synonyms: mass.

(noun) (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist. Synonyms: Mass.

(noun) a body of matter without definite shape. Synonyms: mass. Example: "A huge ice mass."

(noun) the common people generally. Synonyms: multitude, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed. Examples: "Separate the warriors from the mass." "Power to the people."

(noun) the property of something that is great in magnitude. Synonyms: bulk, mass, volume. Examples: "It is cheaper to buy it in bulk." "He received a mass of correspondence." "The volume of exports."

(noun) a musical setting for a Mass. Synonyms: Mass. Example: "They played a mass composed by beethoven."

(noun) a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite. Synonyms: Mass. Example: "The priest said mass."

(noun) a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball. Synonyms: masse, masse shot.

(verb) join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Synonyms: mass. Example: "Crowds were massing outside the palace."