Folk

/fəʊk/

Synonyms for "folk" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

acknowledged admittedanimal kingdombloodbody politicbreed brood citizenry clan classcommon mancommonwealth communitycommunity at largeconstituency conventionalcultural communitycustomary deme dwellers

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established estate

Noun(5 words)

bluegrass commoncommon peoplecommunity cultural

Adjective(1 words)

ethnic community

Strong matches (40)

ethnic groupeverybody everyman everyone everywoman family fixed folksgeneral publicgens gentry habitancy hallowedhanded downheroic hoary house household immemorial inhabitant

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inhabitants inveteratejohn doekin kind kindred legendary line lineage

Noun(9 words)

ethnic groupethnic musicfamilyfamily linefolk musicfolklore folks kinfolk kinsfolk

Adjective(2 words)

ethnic identityethnic traditions

Related words (68)

linguistic communitylong establishedlong standinglong-established long-standingman in the streetmatriclan men menage mythological nation nationalityof long standingof the folkoral order patriclan peoplepeople at largepeople in general

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persons phratry phyleplant kingdompolity populace population prescriptive public race received recognized rooted sept society speciesspeech communitystate stem stirps stock strain time-honored totem traditional tribetried and truetrue bluetrue-blue understood unwritten venerablewhole peopleworld worshipfulyou and me

Noun(11 words)

ordinary people phratry populaceportuguese povopublic sept trad traditional traditions tribe

Adjective(1 words)

primitive tools

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

ancestry bloodblood linebloodlinecultural descriptorculture descentdescriptive termgeneral adjectiveheritageheritage termhumans lineline of descentlineage modifier

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More specific

10 entries

clanfolk artfolk musicfolk songsfolkish folksy folktales townspeople tribe villagers

Collocations

9 entries

folk artfolk culturefolk dancefolk lorefolk musicfolk songfolk songsfolk talefolk tradition

Inflections

1 entries

folks

Derivations

7 entries

folkish folklore folkloric folklorist folksy folkway folkways

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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That folk singer is very popular with people in general.

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I don't like all of these folk songs.

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This is out of the blue, but has everybody once felt 'looked down upon by young folk'?

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"Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."

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