PROLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈprōl

Definition of prole

as in low

belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank the writer's prole origins are evident in his gritty novels about life in the inner city

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prole

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noun

as in proletarian

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Recent Examples of prole

Noun

In Jodie Foster’s satire-cum-thriller, George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-ish TV finance guru whose bullish promotion of one stock has led desperate prole Jack O’Connell to lose his life savings, leading to a hostage standoff in the TV studio. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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Adjective

Although the market has adapted and prices have remained relatively low considering the historic supply shock during the war, that’s in large part because demand for oil collapsed and China drew down its massive oil stockpiles.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
His velocity has continued to sink lower than his average speed in past seasons.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of low

Noun

Now artists, who had only recently emerged as solo entrepreneurs, reverted to their erstwhile status as proletarians—indeed, as migrant workers.

— Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Fundamentally, the proletarian forfeits not so much income as individual freedom and the sovereignty of his or her class.

— Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

Definition of proletarian

Adjective

But the earlier dolls were crude, lumpen things, a cross between a beanbag and a sculpted potato.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Yet Empire Falls translates into a lumpen, stodgy miniseries, despite a fine central performance from Harris as a divorced diner owner with deep roots in the town and a structure that allows the past to keep informing and enriching the present.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024

Definition of lumpen

Noun

In the fairytale, the princess flees to another kingdom for a while to get away from the misery brought on by her father, finding work as a commoner to conceal her identity.

— Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
And the story was about King George IV of England, then the Prince of Wales, and his deep infatuation with a Catholic commoner, Maria Fitzherbert.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of commoner

Adjective

Linen and cotton, cooling garments, were too plebeian; the people posed nobly for street-style social-media accounts in leather jackets and low-slung jorts.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of plebeian

Noun

Instead of following his gut like some unenlightened pleb, Patrick trusts his spleen and his spleen alone.

— Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.

— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 20 Jan. 2023

Definition of pleb

Adjective

But new research is shedding light on what life was like for middle- and lower-class residents.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The franchise centers around a dystopian nation called Panem, where rich and authoritarian leaders force twelve lower-class districts to submit two children to fight in a deadly, and televised, battle every year.

— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Definition of lower-class

Adjective

In May 2026, Google redesigned the humble yet powerful search box.

— Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The Charlotte native was humble and patient, his coach previously told the Observer, and in 2013 became an All-American defensive lineman at JCSU — a title the school hadn’t seen since 2008.

— Julia Coin August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of humble

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