people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

domain, world - people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

age class - people in the same age range

agriculture - the class of people engaged in growing food

sodality, brotherhood, fraternity - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

estate of the realm, estate - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights

labour, proletariat, working class, labor - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

lower class - the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

bourgeoisie, middle class - the social class between the lower and upper classes

booboisie - class consisting of all those who are considered boobs

commonality, commonalty, commons - class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

peasantry - the class of peasants

demimonde - a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

underworld - the criminal class

yeomanry - class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

caste - a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

caste - (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

class structure - the organization of classes within a society

upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

ninja - a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

firing line - the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"

immigrant class - recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds

center - politically moderate persons; centrists

old school - a class of people favoring traditional ideas

market - the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

trade, craft - people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

woman, womanhood - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"

assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

sixth form - students preparing for their A levels in their final two years of secondary education

biology class - students taking a course in biology together

chemistry class - students taking a course in chemistry together

English class - students taking a course in English together

first grade - students beginning elementary school

master class - a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert

physics class - students taking a course in physics together

Sunday school class - a class in a Sunday school

education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded"

coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course

adult education - a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study

art class - a class in which you learn to draw or paint

childbirth-preparation class - a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor

lesson - a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"

correspondence course - a course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school

course of lectures - a series of lectures dealing with a subject

extension course - a course offered as part of an extension service

home study - a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom

industrial arts - a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools

orientation course, orientation - a course introducing a new situation or environment

propaedeutic, propaedeutics - a course that provides and introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)

refresher course, refresher - a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments

seminar - a course offered for a small group of advanced students

shop class, shop - a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop"

workshop - a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

lecturing, lecture - teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

class period, course session, recitation - a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study

class Larvacea, Larvacea - small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda - arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes

Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

grammatical category, syntactic category - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

substitution class, paradigm - the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

stamp - a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"

sex - either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"

declension - a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"

conjugation - a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

denomination - a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"

superphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass

assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

graduating class - the body of students who graduate together this year

senior class - final grade or class in high school or college

junior class - penultimate class in high school or college

sophomore class - the second class in a four-year college or high school

freshman class - the first class in college or high school

league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

class Schizomycetes, Schizomycetes - a former classification

class Cyanobacteria, class Cyanophyceae, Cyanophyceae - photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae

class Sarcodina, Sarcodina - characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda

Actinopoda, subclass Actinopoda - heliozoans; radiolarians

Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers

Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle

Infusoria, subclass Infusoria - in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter

Chrysophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Heterokontae, Heterokontae - all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length

class Xanthophyceae, Xanthophyceae - yellow-green algae

Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, Diatomophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms

class Phaeophyceae, Phaeophyceae - brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

class Cyclosporeae, Cyclosporeae - in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales

class Euglenophyceae, Euglenophyceae - coextensive with the division Euglenophyta

Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae - algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments

class Ulvophyceae, Ulvophyceae - alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications

Charophyceae, class Charophyceae - in some classifications: contains only the order Charales

class Rhodophyceae, Rhodophyceae - coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae

class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagella

subclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates

Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina - plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae

class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae - motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae

class Sporozoa, Sporozoa - strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites

subclass Telosporidia, Telosporidia - parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites

Acnidosporidia, subclass Acnidosporidia - a subclass of Sporozoa

Cnidosporidia, subclass Cnidosporidia - single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates

Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae - sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts

class Thaliacea, Thaliacea - small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

Agnatha, superclass Agnatha - superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms

Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata - comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws

class Placodermi, Placodermi - extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws

Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes

Holocephali, subclass Holocephali - chimaeras and extinct forms

Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii - sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates

unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"

catalogue, catalog - make a catalog of

isolate - separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them

refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"

reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"

size - sort according to size

dichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kinds

stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"

categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"

grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to

number, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"