Synonyms of folk

folk 1 of 2

noun

1

as in family

folks plural a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

her folks have farmed that land for five generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• family
• people
• clan
• tribe
• kin
• descendant
• race
• house
• lineage
• blood
• kinfolk
• stock
• kindred
• descendent
• kinfolks
• kinsfolk
• household
• relative
• line
• offspring
• nuclear family
• extended family
• brood
• progeny
• kith
• seed
• issue
• scion
• kinsman
• blended family
• dynasty
• clansman
• kinswoman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• origin
• birth
• extraction
• descent
• ancestry
• pedigree

2

as in class

one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• class
• caste
• level
• gentry
• estate
• rank
• echelon
• stratum
• people
• family
• order
• layer
• tier
• bracket
• grouping
• status
• tribe
• grade
• standing
• hierarchy
• clan
• fraternity
• food chain
• race
• stratification
• position
• place
• subcaste

3

as in people

folks plural human beings in general

c'mon, folks, let's get to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• people
• humanity
• world
• public
• society
• species
• community
• humankind
• masses
• crowd
• populace
• rabble
• mob
• proletariat
• riffraff
• rabblement

folk

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adjective

as in tribal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tribal
• ethnic
• racial
• cultural
• national
• multicultural
• ethnical
• kin
• multiculti
• kindred
• familial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonracial