FOLKS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

folks

noun

plural of folk

as in family

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor her folks have farmed that land for five generations

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as in world

human beings in general c'mon, folks, let's get to work

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Recent Examples of folks Just to remind folks, 69% oppose building data centers in their community. — NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026 These folks aren’t messing around; everyone is willing to shell out for the best possible experience. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026 Many folks think of spring as the definitive wildflower season. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026 In what will remind folks of Deion Sanders' first season at Colorado, the celebrities will be out tonight. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 In those folks’ minds, the rough and ready Mancunian antics of the brothers never quite matched — and was perhaps overcompensation for — the sellable sentiment of their songs. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 And yet, amid their country’s slide into fascism, these folks persisted — for a while longer, at least. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Prisoners Harbor Campground is about a 13-mile hike southwest from Scorpion Canyon Campground, the popular 31-site spot where most folks visiting the island camp. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 So, the more folks at work, and the more money is being made, the greater the potential for economic growth. — Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Grooming remains one of the biggest threats facing children and families, according to Jenkins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of family

Noun

His bold, unique style was an immediate hit with ad agencies, publications, the corporate world and in pop culture.

— BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Now he is represented by both, an art-world EGOT-level feat that only the late Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter achieved at certain points in their careers.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of world

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Taken to its most extreme logic of detachment from humanity, exerting the the will into a detachment from one’s physical life—the Romans called it suicide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Users do not require the illusion of humanity to invest meaning into an interaction.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of humanity

Noun

The project carries the official blessing of Baker’s sons Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, along with the Rainbow tribe.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of tribe

Noun

It’s been just a few years since ChatGPT’s release to public in late 2022, democratizing access to chatbots with the ability to answer increasingly personal questions using language from the whole of the internet.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
When a self-serving gatekeeper in that position helps divide inventory between what the broad public can see and what only market insiders can see, the result is a less transparent and competitive market.

— Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of public

Noun

Not long after, the teen got into a vehicle with Marcareno, made a U-turn and drove past the house, where Rodriguez Fernandez fired six shots from the passenger seat — striking and killing a woman, according to court records.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026
The state doesn’t even know the mother and daughter exist until social workers arrive at the house in the aftermath of Ralph’s accidental death while working a construction site.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

It’s believed that the original fortress went up in the 14th century, about 200 years before the Kato clan took control of Ozu.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026
Just months after the Tate murders, Joel Pugh — the 29-year-old boyfriend of Manson clan member Sandra Good — was found dead in the Talgarth Hotel in London.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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