folk
noun
1 folk
People in general (often used in the plural):
— They're just country folk.
— Folks around here drink moonshine.
synonyms: common people, folks.
Polish: motłoch, plebs, pospólstwo
2 folk
A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
synonym: tribe.
Roget 372:
man,
mankind;
human race,
human species,
human kind,
human nature;
humanity,
mortality,
flesh,
generation.
[Science of man]
anthropology,
anthropogeny†,
anthropography†,
anthroposophy†;
ethnology,
ethnography;
humanitarian.
human being;
person,
personage;
individual,
creature,
fellow creature,
mortal,
body,
somebody;
one;
such a one,
some one;
soul,
living soul;
earthling;
party,
head,
hand;
dramatis personae [Lat.];
quidam [Lat.].
people,
persons,
folk,
public,
society,
world;
community,
community at large;
general public;
nation,
nationality;
state,
realm;
commonweal,
commonwealth;
republic,
body politic;
million
etc.
(commonalty)
876;
population
etc.
(inhabitant)
188.
tribe,
clan
(paternity)
166;
family
(consanguinity)
11.
cosmopolite;
lords of the creation;
ourselves.
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Polish: plemię
3 folk
People descended from a common ancestor.
synonyms: family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept.
Dutch: familie, geslacht, huis, maagschap, staak, stam, tak
Polish: familia, klan, parantela, ród, rodzina
4 folk
The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
synonyms: ethnic music, folk music.
Dutch: etnische muziek, folk, folk-music, folk-muziek, folkmuziek
Polish: folk
Moby thesaurus: Everyman, John Doe, Public, acknowledged, admitted, animal kingdom, blood, body politic, breed, brood, citizenry, clan, class, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, constituency, conventional, cultural community, customary, deme, dwellers, established, estate, ethnic group, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, family, fixed, folks, general public, gens, gentry, habitancy, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, house, household, immemorial, inhabitants, inveterate, kind, kindred, legendary, line, lineage, linguistic community, long-established, long-standing, matriclan, men, menage, mythological, nation, nationality, of long standing, of the folk, oral, order, patriclan, people, people at large, people in general, persons, phratry, phyle, plant kingdom, polity, populace, population, prescriptive, public, race, received, recognized, rooted, sept, society, species, speech community, state, stem, stirps, stock, strain, time-honored, totem, traditional, tribe, tried and true, true-blue, understood, unwritten, venerable, whole people, world, worshipful, you and me ... show more.
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