Synonyms of tribes

tribes

noun

plural of tribe

as in families

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

the wedding joined the two tribes together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• families
• clans
• houses
• people
• races
• lineages
• folks
• households
• descendants
• kindreds
• dynasties
• kinsfolk
• kins
• blood
• kinfolks
• stocks
• lines
• relatives
• nuclear families
• kinsmen
• offspring
• extended families
• clansmen
• issues
• progenies
• seed
• blended families
• scions
• broods
• kiths
• kinswomen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• origins
• births
• extractions
• pedigrees
• descents
• ancestries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tribes

Others said the state, by negotiating deals behind closed doors, had excluded Native tribes. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Indigenous tribes adopted names including the drying rice moon, the falling leaves moon and the migrating moon. — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

The tribes contend that the government’s scientists are underestimating the effect of trawling. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Let’s start with tracking Savu, where, because of the tiny tribes, the most obvious and boring thing ends up happening. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

By the end of the Biden administration, there were over 400 co-stewardship or co-management agreements with tribes, 159 within the National Park Service alone, says Sams. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Native American tribes say the approximately 520-acre site in Virginia is sacred. — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026