Synonyms for FOLKS
folks

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1. folksnoun

   your parents

   "he wrote to his folks every day"

   Synonyms:
   common people, folk

2. 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, folk, folks, family

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1. • Kin

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] people, persons

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Collog.) people, persons

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1. List of paraphrases for "folks":

   parents, friends, guys, people, fellas

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1. Joe Biden:

   Folks, it’s the same old trickle-down dressed up in MAGA clothing, only worse.

2. Robert Owens:

   There have been people who have mentioned to me – financial players – that they knew of folks that would be interested in the GP. My response has always been Energy Transfer has no interest in selling the GP.

3. Mike Bawden:

   It’s always so easy to Monday morning quarterback the ER, but everyone was really nice — even the other patients, i think it’s important for folks to realize that nobody’s the villain.

4. The United:

   There's 150 or more Chinese diplomats here — Chinese state media folks who work for the ministry of propaganda here in the The United States operating without restriction, and there's only a handful of American journalists left in China right now, let's paint that picture so everybody understands what we're talking about.

5. Mark Arabo:

   We've always said these folks that we rescue -- they won't take any social assistance, they'll get a job. They'll make sure we have a home for them, they get language training. They don't want any special treatment, they just want a chance to live.