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Antonyms for rank file


Grammar : Noun



Definition of rank file

Origin :
  • 1590s, in reference to the horizontal and vertical lines of soldiers marching in formation; thence generalized to "common soldiers" (1796) and "common people" (1860).
  • As in labor : noun person(s) performing service
  • As in masses : noun public, crowd
  • As in people : noun human beings
  • As in plebeian : noun person of lower class
  • As in proletariat : noun working class
  • As in rabble : noun mob
  • As in riffraff : noun rabble
  • As in grass roots : noun ordinary people
  • As in lower class : noun working people with least money
  • As in ragtag and bobtail : noun lowest common denominator
  • As in rank and file : noun general public
  • As in Tom, Dick, and Harry : noun common man
  • As in working class : noun common laborers
  • As in ruck : noun crowd
  • As in commune : noun group living together
  • As in crowd : noun large assembly
  • As in hoi polloi : noun common people

Synonyms for rank file

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