folk | Definition of folk

Synonyms and Antonyms of folk

1 folks plural a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

her folks have farmed that land for five generations

Synonyms of folk

blood, clan, family, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Words Related to folk

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Near Antonyms of folk

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

2 one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions

Synonyms of folk

caste, class, estate, gentry, order, stratum

Words Related to folk

bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier

place, position, rank, standing, status

food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification

clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe

3 folks plural human beings in general

c'mon, folks, let's get to work

Synonyms of folk

humanity, humankind, people, public, species, world

Words Related to folk

community, society

crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, riffraff