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Synonyms for folk
foʊkfolk
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Princeton's WordNet
folk, folks, common peoplenoun
people in general (often used in the plural)
"they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
Synonyms:
common people, kinsfolk, tribe, sept, family line, kinfolk, folk music, phratry, ethnic music, folks, familytribe, folknoun
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Synonyms:
common people, kinfolk, kindred, family line, clan, kinsfolk, kin group, family, sept, folks, tribe, kinship group, folk music, federation of tribes, kin, phratry, ethnic musicfamily, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratrynoun
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Synonyms:
kinsperson, mob, crime syndicate, kinfolk, menage, family line, family unit, ethnic music, class, home, category, kinsfolk, family, folks, tribe, common people, household, fellowship, sept, folk music, kin, phratry, house, syndicatefolk music, ethnic music, folknoun
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Synonyms:
common people, ethnic music, tribe, kinsfolk, folk music, kinfolk, sept, phratry, family line, folks, family
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "folk":
folklore, popular, civil, people, populaires, populaire, traditional
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FOLK
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#33 | home | |
#105 | people | |
#262 | family | |
#297 | house | |
#388 | class | |
#459 | category | |
#675 | popular | |
#1668 | civil | |
#1721 | traditional | |
#2853 | household | |
#4475 | folk | |
#4874 | folks | |
#6384 | sept | |
#6473 | syndicate | |
#6850 | fellowship | |
#7374 | tribe | |
#8182 | clan | |
#12365 | mob | |
#15300 | folklore | |
#15995 | kin | |
#21112 | kindred | |
#58862 | menage | |
#84962 | populaire | |
#109946 | populaires | |
#169593 | kinfolk | |
#235124 | kinsfolk | |
#323409 | phratry |
How to use folk in a sentence?
Most of the folk I've met are much more concerned about work, so let's not get dragged into that part of the conversation.
It’s kind of a folk song now, if there's any definition of what a real folk song is, in the world of music back a hundred years ago or so — even hundreds of years ago in rural areas — there were no tape recorders or TV or radio, or even people who were literate enough to write things down.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
We can only hope that this is not indicative of what our Republican volunteers, candidates, activists and leaders will face as we head into the 2020 elections, we are supposed to be salt of the earth, genuine folk here in Minnesota.
If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.
Translations for folk
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- قومArabic
- наро́дBelarusian
- folkemusikDanish
- Volk, LeuteGerman
- λαϊκήGreek
- popularSpanish
- قومیتPersian
- populaire, peupleFrench
- folkWestern Frisian
- लोकHindi
- ժողովուրդArmenian
- autoctono, gente, abitante, popolare, popoloItalian
- עממיHebrew
- フォークJapanese
- folk, populus, vivens, habitansLatin
- volkDutch
- folk, befolkningNorwegian
- povoPortuguese
- народ, народныйRussian
- folkSwedish
- நாட்டுப்புறTamil
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