Definition for Proletariat:

• A term coined by Karl Marx in his famous work, Communist Manifesto, for the lower working class constituting the wage workers. The classification on who quails for the term has been varied across civilizations.

Synonyms for Proletariat:

• adj.

  •blue-collar (adjective)
  • wage-earning,
  • proletarian,
  • factory-working.

• n.

  •
  • commonality,
  • the rank and file.
  •common people (noun)
  • hoi polloi,
  • middle class.
  •folk (noun)
  • in habitants,
  • in-habitants,
  • culture groups,
  • general publics.
  •grass roots (noun)
  • wageearners,
  • wageearner,
  • laboring classes.
  •hoi polloi (noun)
  • the many,
  • the common people,
  • huddled masses,
  • the proletariat,
  • infra-structure,
  • the herd,
  • the working class,
  • the multitude,
  • plebians,
  • plebian,
  • vulgus,
  • the masses,
  • great unwashed.
  •people (noun)
  • countrywoman,
  • crowd,
  • public,
  • bourgeoisie,
  • horde,
  • bourgeois,
  • countryman,
  • legion,
  • throng,
  • commoner,
  • populace,
  • mass,
  • host,
  • peasantry.
  •proletariat (noun)
  • labour.
  •rank and file (noun)
  • common soldiery,
  • common run,
  • common sort,
  • rank and file.
  •scum (noun)
  • scum of earth,
  • lowests,
  • un washed,
  • scum the earth,
  • unwasheds,
  • scum earth,
  • un-washed.
  •working class (noun)
  • factory laborer,
  • peasant,
  • proles,
  • working stiffs,
  • prole,
  • factory laborers,
  • unskilled laborers,
  • common laborer,
  • the other half,
  • working-class,
  • commoners,
  • unskilled laborer,
  • working stiff,
  • blue-collar workers,
  • workpeople,
  • Workfolk.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • blue-collar.
  •n.
  • common people,
  • ethnic group,
  • folk,
  • grass roots,
  • infinitude,
  • labor,
  • labor force,
  • masses,
  • mob,
  • multitude,
  • people,
  • prentice,
  • rabble,
  • scum,
  • tribe,
  • worker,
  • working class,
  • lower class,
  • Demos,
  • Ethnic Groups,
  • operatives,
  • infinitudes,
  • prentices,
  • scum of the earth,
  • general public,
  • great number,
  • wage-earner,
  • wage-earners,
  • working people,
  • grass-roots,
  • laboring class,
  • culture group.

Paraphrases for Proletariat:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    proletarian.

Antonyms for Proletariat:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    peerage, quality, A-list, establishment, society, elect.

Proletariat Sentence Examples:

• " The class power of the proletariat arises out of the intensity of its struggles and revolutionary energy.

• 7. Explain the phrase, " dictatorship of the proletariat."