Similar words: assess, sunglasses, assessment, mass, possess, tresses, amass, obsessed. Meaning: [mæ'seɪ /'mæsɪ] 
n. the common people generally.
n. the common people generally. 241. Europe's toiling masses sometimes go on strike, leaving streets unswept and commuters stranded. Chinese expats find this shocking.
242. Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
More similar words: assess, sunglasses, assessment, mass, possess, tresses, amass, obsessed, biomass, massage, massive, possession, possessive, dispossess, massacre, the mass of, mass media, prepossessing, asset, passe, assent, assert, assets, passed, wrasse, impasse, mass production, assembly, crevasse, assemble.