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folk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of folk

1 folks plural a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
  • Her folks have farmed that land for five generations.
Synonyms of folk

blood, clan, family, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe
Words Related to folk

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

brood

descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

dynasty
Near Antonyms of folk

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree
2 one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
  • the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions
Synonyms of folk

caste, class, estate, gentry, order, stratum
Words Related to folk

bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier

place, position, rank, standing, status

food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification

clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe

subcaste
3 folks plural human beings in general
  • C'mon, folks, let's get to work!
Synonyms of folk

humanity, humankind, people, public, world
Words Related to folk

community, society

crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, riffraff

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