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rab·ble1
 rabble1
- pronunciation:
- rae
b
 l
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a confused and uncontrolled crowd; disorderly mob.
The cries and the shouts of the rabble could be heard from blocks away.- synonyms:
- mob, rout
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| definition 2: |
persons of the lower classes; uneducated or common people (used disparagingly).
Such places of entertainment are frequented by the rabble and no decent person would set foot in them.- synonyms:
- canaille, hoi polloi, mob, riffraff
- similar words:
- trash
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| related words: |
crowd, herd, mass, multitude, people, undesirable |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rabbled, rabbles, rabbling |
| definition: |
to attack or beset in a disorderly crowd; mob.
- synonyms:
- mob
- similar words:
- attack, beset, besiege, swarm, throng
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