Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleb

/plɛb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: pleb
IPA: /plɛb/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.

noun

A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.

Derogatory

noun

A freshman cadet at a military academy.

American usage; Derogatory; Slang

adj

Of or concerning the lower class of a society.

adj

Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"You're under my roof, you pleb."
"I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline."
"At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters."

Etymology

A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.

Word Breakdown

Root: *pleh₁-

Usage

Inflected Forms

plebs (plural)

Derived Forms

Plebbit plebby Plebgate

Frequently Paired Words

plebe plebeian plebs

Synonyms

prole plebe plebeian

Antonyms

toff posho

Rhymes With

web world wide web feb hidden web jeb deb ebb celeb reb neb keb cheb

Questions

How do you pronounce pleb?: The recorded pronunciation is /plɛb/.
What does pleb mean?: A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
Where does pleb come from?: A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.

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