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folks

noun , plural of folk

Synonyms and Antonyms of folks

1 a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

her folks have farmed that land for five generations

Synonyms of folks

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

Words Related to folks

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

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

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Near Antonyms of folks

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

2 human beings in general

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

Synonyms of folks

humanity, humankind, people, public, species, world

Words Related to folks

community, society

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

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