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Synonyms for folk
foʊkfolk
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Princeton's WordNet
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, familytribe, 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 musicfamily, 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, syndicatefolk 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
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List of paraphrases for "folk":
folklore, popular, civil, people, populaires, populaire, traditional
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#33 | home | |
#105 | people | |
#262 | family | |
#297 | house | |
#388 | class | |
#459 | category | |
#675 | popular | |
#1668 | civil | |
#1721 | traditional | |
#2853 | household | |
#4475 | folk | |
#4874 | folks | |
#6384 | sept | |
#6473 | syndicate | |
#6850 | fellowship | |
#7374 | tribe | |
#8182 | clan | |
#12365 | mob | |
#15300 | folklore | |
#15995 | kin | |
#21112 | kindred | |
#58862 | menage | |
#84962 | populaire | |
#109946 | populaires | |
#169593 | kinfolk | |
#235124 | kinsfolk | |
#323409 | phratry |
How to use folk in a sentence?
One reason to carry a firearm is to protect yourself from the violent behavior of anti-gun folk.
Some folk want their luck buttered.
If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.
The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.
Translations for folk
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- قومArabic
- наро́дBelarusian
- folkemusikDanish
- Volk, LeuteGerman
- λαϊκήGreek
- popularSpanish
- قومیتPersian
- populaire, peupleFrench
- folkWestern Frisian
- लोकHindi
- ժողովուրդArmenian
- autoctono, gente, abitante, popolare, popoloItalian
- עממיHebrew
- フォークJapanese
- folk, populus, vivens, habitansLatin
- volkDutch
- folk, befolkningNorwegian
- povoPortuguese
- народ, народныйRussian
- folkSwedish
- நாட்டுப்புறTamil
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