Tribe

//tɹaɪb//

Synonyms for "tribe" (155 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (31)

kin age group animal kingdom band battalion bevy biotype blood body branch brand breed brigade brood bunch cabal cast caste character clan

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class clique cohort color company complement contingent corps

Noun(3 words)

;category clan

Strong matches (47)

Related words (77)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

nation social group taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group

Antonyms

3 entries

loose loose organization organization

Synonyms

2 entries

kin kinfolk

Related terms

1 entries

ethnic

derived

13 entries

Delaware Tribe of Indians Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Grey Tribe criminal tribe tribal tribalism tribalist tribalistic tribally tribehood tribelet tribesmember your vibe attracts your tribe

has context

6 entries

anthropology biology stock breeding taxonomy united states zoology

is a

4 entries

nation social group system of social organization taxonomic group

related to

46 entries

american ape association association kinda band categorize chief clan class cohesive collection distribute ethnic ethnical faction family

Showing 16 of 46 words.

Translations

185 translations across 109 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

genusgroep noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

Albanian

1 entries

fis noun (group of people)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φυλή noun (group of people)

Arabic

4 entries

عَشِيرَة noun (group of people)
قبيلة noun (group of people)
قوم noun (group of people)
قَبِيلَة noun (group of people)

Armenian

1 entries

ցեղ noun (group of people)

Asturian

1 entries

tribu noun (group of people)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

qövm noun (group of people)
qəbilə noun (group of people)
tayfa noun (group of people)
triba noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡәбилә noun (group of people)

Belarusian

2 entries

пле́мя noun (group of people)
род noun (group of people)

Bengali

1 entries

উপজাতি noun (group of people)

Bulgarian

2 entries

пле́ме noun (group of people)
род noun (group of people)

Burmese

2 entries

အမျိုးဇာတ် noun (group of people)
အမျိုးအနွယ် noun (group of people)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries

пле́м'я noun (group of people)
род noun (group of people)

Catalan

1 entries

tribu noun (group of people)

Chechen

1 entries

тукхам noun (group of people)

Chickasaw

1 entries

okloshi' noun (group of people)

Chinese

1 entries

部落 noun (group of people)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

部族 noun (group of people)
部落 noun (group of people)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

部族 noun (group of people)
部落 noun (group of people)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

qabile noun (group of people)

Czech

2 entries

kmen noun (group of people)
rod noun (group of people)

Danish

2 entries

folkestamme noun (group of people)
stamme noun (group of people)

Dari

3 entries

عَشِیرَه noun (group of people)
قَبِیلَه noun (group of people)
قَوْم noun (group of people)

Dutch

1 entries

stam noun (group of people)

Egyptian

1 entries

w-H-i-i-t-A1*B1:Z2 noun (group of people)

Esperanto

1 entries

tribo noun (group of people)

Estonian

1 entries

hõim noun (group of people)

Farefare

1 entries

buuri noun (group of people)

Faroese

2 entries

ættarbólkur noun (group of people)
ættargrein noun (group of people)

Finnish

2 entries

heimo noun (group of people)
tribus noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

French

1 entries

tribu noun (group of people)

Galician

1 entries

tribo noun (group of people)

Georgian

1 entries

ტომი noun (group of people)

German

4 entries

Sippe noun (group of people)
Sippschaft noun (group of people)
Stamm noun (group of people)
Tribus noun (group of people)

Greek

3 entries

φυλή noun (group of people)
φύλο noun (group of people)
φύλο noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

Hebrew

1 entries

שֵׁבֶט noun (group of people)

Hindi

1 entries

जनजाति noun (group of people)

Hungarian

3 entries

nemzetség noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)
nemzetségcsoport noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)
törzs noun (group of people)

Icelandic

1 entries

ættkvísl noun (group of people)

Ido

1 entries

tribuo noun (group of people)

Indonesian

2 entries

suku noun (group of people)
suku bangsa noun (group of people)

Ingush

1 entries

тукхам noun (group of people)

Interlingua

1 entries

tribo noun (group of people)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

زَنْد noun (group of people)
عَشیرِه noun (group of people)
قَبیلِه noun (group of people)
قُوْم noun (group of people)

Irish

1 entries

treibh noun (group of people)

Italian

1 entries

tribù noun (group of people)

Japanese

2 entries

民族 noun (group of people)
部族 noun (group of people)

Kazakh

2 entries

тайпа noun (group of people)
ұлыс noun (group of people)

Khmer

1 entries

កុលសម័្ពន្ធ noun (group of people)

Korean

3 entries

겨레 noun (group of people)
민족 noun (group of people)
부족 noun (group of people)

Kumyk

1 entries

эл noun (group of people)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

тукум noun (group of people)
уруу noun (group of people)
эл noun (group of people)

Lao

2 entries

ຊົນເຜົ່າ noun (group of people)
ເຜົ່າ noun (group of people)

Latgalian

1 entries

patauta noun (group of people)

Latin

2 entries

tribus noun (group of people)
tribus noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

Latvian

1 entries

cilts noun (group of people)

Lithuanian

1 entries

gentis noun (group of people)

Macedonian

1 entries

племе noun (group of people)

Malay

2 entries

puak noun (group of people)
suku noun (group of people)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠠᡳᠮᠠᠨ noun (group of people)
ᠠᡳᠮᠠᠨ ᡥᠣᡴᡳ noun (group of people)

Mongolian

2 entries

аймаг noun (group of people)
овог noun (group of people)

Moore

1 entries

buudu noun (group of people)

Moroccan Amazigh

2 entries

ⴰⵇⴱⵉⵍ noun (group of people)
ⵜⴰⵇⴱⵉⵍⵜ noun (group of people)

Māori

2 entries

iwi noun (group of people)
mātāwaka noun (group of people)

Nandi

1 entries

em noun (group of people)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

kaɓila noun (group of people)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

eşîr noun (group of people)
qebîle noun (group of people)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

folkestamme noun (group of people)
stamme noun (group of people)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

folkestamme noun (group of people)
stamme noun (group of people)

Occitan

1 entries

tribú noun (group of people)

Odia

1 entries

ଜନଜାତି noun (group of people)

Old English

1 entries

þēod noun (group of people)

Pashto

1 entries

قبيله noun (group of people)

Polish

2 entries

plemię noun (group of people)
ród noun (group of people)

Portuguese

1 entries

tribo noun (group of people)

Punjabi

2 entries

قَبِیلَہ noun (group of people)
ਕਬੀਲਾ noun (group of people)

Romanian

1 entries

trib noun (group of people)

Russian

3 entries

пле́мя noun (group of people)
род noun (group of people)
триба noun (taxonomy: hierarchical rank between family and genus)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Stamme noun (group of people)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cinneadh noun (group of people)
seòrsa noun (group of people)
sliochd noun (group of people)
treubh noun (group of people)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plȅme noun (group of people)
пле̏ме noun (group of people)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ගෝත්ර noun (group of people)

Slovak

2 entries

kmeň noun (group of people)
rod noun (group of people)

Slovene

1 entries

pleme noun (group of people)

Somali

1 entries

qabiil noun (group of people)

Spanish

1 entries

tribu noun (group of people)

Sudovian

1 entries

gintu noun (group of people)

Swahili

2 entries

kabila noun (group of people)
kabila noun (collective noun (see at the relevant animal entry))

Swedish

1 entries

stam noun (group of people)

Tagalog

1 entries

tribo noun (group of people)

Tajik

3 entries

ашира noun (group of people)
қабила noun (group of people)
қавм noun (group of people)

Tatar

1 entries

кабилә noun (group of people)

Telugu

1 entries

తెగ noun (group of people)

Thai

2 entries

ตระกูล noun (group of people)
เผ่า noun (group of people)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྡེ་རིགས noun (group of people)

Tlingit

1 entries

ḵwáan noun (group of people)

Turkish

2 entries

boy noun (group of people)
kabile noun (group of people)

Turkmen

1 entries

taýpa noun (group of people)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пле́м'я noun (group of people)
рід noun (group of people)

Unami

1 entries

lakeit noun (group of people)

Urdu

3 entries

عَشِیرَہ noun (group of people)
قَبِیلَہ noun (group of people)
قَوم noun (group of people)

Uyghur

2 entries

قوۋم noun (group of people)
قەبىلە noun (group of people)

Uzbek

1 entries

qabila noun (group of people)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bộ lạc noun (group of people)
bộ tộc noun (group of people)

Volapük

3 entries

pöpatribüt noun (group of people)
tribüt noun (group of people)
tribütil noun (group of people)

Walloon

1 entries

tribu noun (group of people)

Welsh

2 entries

llwyth noun (group of people)
llwythau noun (group of people)

Yiddish

1 entries

שבֿט noun (group of people)

Zazaki

1 entries

eşîr noun (group of people)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Europeans tried to civilize the tribe.

Source: tatoeba (30008)

That tribe worships its ancestors.

Source: tatoeba (44183)

The tribe worships its ancestors and speaks its own language, and speaks an unfamiliar language.

Source: tatoeba (44184)

Members of that tribe settled along the river.

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