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FOLKS Synonyms

There are 25 synonyms of the word folks. (exact relations)
There are 20 hypernyms of the word folks. (close relations)
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community
nounn
noun

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

humanity
nounn
noun

• the quality of being humane

• the quality of being human

• all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

inhabitant
nounn
noun

• a person who inhabits a particular place

mankind
nounn
noun

• all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

masses
nounn
noun

• the common people generally

people
nounn
noun

• (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

• the body of citizens of a state or country

• members of a family line

• the common people generally

verb

• fill with people

• furnish with people

populace
nounn
noun

• people in general considered as a whole

population
nounn
noun

• the people who inhabit a territory or state

• a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

• (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

• the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)

• the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

public
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

noun

• people in general considered as a whole

• a body of people sharing some common interest

adjective satellite

• affecting the people or community as a whole

society
nounn
noun

• an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• the state of being with someone

• the fashionable elite

citizens
nounn
noun

• a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

denizens
nounn
noun

• a person who inhabits a particular place

• a plant or animal naturalized in a region

individuals
nounn
adjective

• being or characteristic of a single thing or person

noun

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• a single organism

adjective satellite

• separate and distinct from others of the same kind

• characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

• concerning one person exclusively

persons
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• a human body (usually including the clothing)

• a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

residents
nounn
adjective

• living in a particular place

• used of animals that do not migrate

noun

• someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

• a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

family
nounn
noun

• a social unit living together

• primary social group; parents and children

• a collection of things sharing a common attribute

• people descended from a common ancestor

• a person having kinship with another or others

• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

kinfolk
nounn
noun

• people descended from a common ancestor

kinsfolk
nounn
noun

• people descended from a common ancestor

phratry
nounn
noun

• people descended from a common ancestor

sept
nounn
noun

• people descended from a common ancestor

• the month following August and preceding October

Best Hypernyms For FOLKS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for folks, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (15)
people ancestry blood bloodline descent humans line lineage origin parentage pedigree stemma stock individuals persons
Phrases (5)
blood lineline of descentpopular musicpopular music genresocial group

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