grassrootsnoun [ plural ]
also grass roots uk/ˈɡrɑːs.ruːts/us/ˈɡræs.ruːts/the grassroots
the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party:
The feeling among the grassroots of the Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.
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Ordinary people
- community
- Essex girl
- folk
- Jane Doe
- Joe Bloggs
- mass
- mass market
- Middle America
- mortal
- multitude
- omnibus
- on the ground idiom
- popular
- popularly
- ruck
- street
- the common man idiom
- the general public
- the hoi polloi
- the man/woman in the street idiom
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Organizations - position & status
grassrootsadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈɡrɑːs.ruːts/us/ˈɡræs.ruːts/involving the ordinary people in a society or an organization:
grassroots support
a grassroots movement/campaign
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ordinary people
- community
- Essex girl
- folk
- Jane Doe
- Joe Bloggs
- mass
- mass market
- Middle America
- mortal
- multitude
- omnibus
- on the ground idiom
- popular
- popularly
- ruck
- street
- the common man idiom
- the general public
- the hoi polloi
- the man/woman in the street idiom
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