1. (noun)tribe, folk a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonyms: common people, kinfolk, kindred, family line, clan, kinsfolk, kin group, family, sept, folks, tribe, folk, kinship group, folk music, federation of tribes, kin, phratry, ethnic music
2. (noun)tribe, federation of tribes a federation (as of American Indians) Synonyms: kin, kindred, kin group, tribe, federation of tribes, clan, folk, kinship group
3. (noun)tribe (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily Synonyms: kindred, kin, kinship group, clan, kin group, folk, federation of tribes
4. (noun)kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe group of people related by blood or marriage Synonyms: kin, kindred, kinsperson, tribe, family, clan, federation of tribes, folk, kinship group, kin group
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'tribe'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. tribe A community is in general terms the aggregate of persons inhabiting any territory in common and viewed as having common interests; a commonwealth is such a body of persons having a common governm Synonyms: people, commonwealth, nation, race, state, tribe, community, population