Synonyms for folks
folks

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1. folksnoun

   your parents

   "he wrote to his folks every day"

   Synonyms:
   common people, folk

2. 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, folk, family

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] people, persons

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Collog.) people, persons

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1. List of paraphrases for "folks":

   parents, friends, guys, people, fellas

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1. Anca Safta:

   The symptoms are there. Folks do get better once they remove the gluten-containing products, and the very important thing is to exclude celiac disease from the picture, as celiac disease implies that the intestinal mucosa has suffered damage, as we're learning more, we don't even know if we have the correct nomenclature for non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

2. Raja Krishnamoorthi:

   Chairman Gallagher and I have tried to work on different issues and he’s been very forthcoming and candid about how we want to structure the committee and move forward, i’m really looking forward to working with him and the entire committee. I think that both the Speaker and Leader tried to select folks who are serious and are willing to work hard on the issues confronting us.

3. Pete Buttigieg:

   When folks ask me why is a mayor running for president whose city isn't even one of the biggest cities in the country, my answer is always: That's the point. We need more voices like that in Washington right now.

4. Cooper Teboe:

   The folks here have known and have trusted Sen. Harris for so long that as soon as she was on the ticket, it was kind of' game on,' i've never received more phone calls in my career from people asking about the best places to give than when Sen. Harris was added to the ticket.

5. Frank VanderSloot:

   He just has to have a good showing against the other folks, i believe he has to come in third in several of them. ... Then you're going to see the coalescing around him.