Synonyms for folk
foʊkfolk

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1. 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, family

2. tribe, 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 music

3. family, 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, syndicate

4. folk 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

Matched Categories

1. • Lineage
   • People
   • Popular Music
   • Social Group

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "folk":

   folklore, popular, civil, people, populaires, populaire, traditional

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1. Jennifer Carnahan:

   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.

2. Rhiannon Giddens:

   I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.

3. Nino Sukhishvili:

   We've moved to online lessons, which are available to our students as well as for anyone around the world who likes and wants to dance Georgian folk dances.

4. Bath Township:

   So as some of you may have noticed, our page has been pretty helpful in connecting us with our community, we’ve found though, that we are still struggling to really reach the younger folk out there.

5. Nick Josefowitz:

   Indeed, in recent years the situation has become so much worse. Yet too often City Hall is still making decisions on homelessness based on folk wisdom rather than hard evidence.