Synonyms for tribal
ˈtraɪ bəltrib·al

Princeton's WordNet

1. tribaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of a tribe

   "tribal customs"

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1. List of paraphrases for "tribal":

   tribes, tribe, kabylie, tribesmen, inter-tribal, clan, tribalism, buraku

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1. Bill Nelson:

   When a place gets so tribal that the two tribes won't have anything to do with each other... that jealousy turns into hate, and we saw what happened to the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda, it turned into a genocide. A million-people hacked to death within a few months. And we have got to watch what's happening here.

2. Faysal Itani:

   ISIS continues to build support among tribal groups, and attract fighters defecting from other insurgent groups.

3. Judith LeBlanc:

   The Lummi Carvers are offering their totem pole as a way to gather the prayers and hopes of many different tribal nations, to bring people together and help each area and tribal nation understand they are not alone, that collectively, by building and utilizing the power of our prayers and our beliefs and our hopes and our organizing, we are able to make transformational change happen.

4. Len Nielson:

   California Tribes advise Cal Fire on traditional ecological knowledge for increasing the use of cultural burning and we are working to incorporate that knowledge into our own practices, including when, where and how prescribed burns are conducted, our relationship to California's Tribal community continues to evolve and we look forward to working collaboratively with Tribes to increase and expand the use of cultural burning.

5. Joe Biden:

   Tribal courts will now be able to exercise jurisdiction over non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault and sex trafficking, and we're providing more support for legal services and for law enforcement to get the training they need to help handle the trauma survivors are experiencing.