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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