tribe
English Thesaurus
1. group of people related by blood or marriage (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social group, |
| definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | mishpachah, mishpocha, |
| definition | : | (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family, family unit, |
| definition | : | primary social group; parents and children (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | folks, |
| definition | : | your parents (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | totem, |
| definition | : | a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | relation, relative, |
| definition | : | a person related by blood or marriage (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | tribesman, |
| definition | : | someone who lives in a tribe (noun.person) |
2. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | bovini, tribe bovini, |
| definition | : | term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
3. a federation (as of American Indians) (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | nation, |
| definition | : | a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | maya, mayan, |
| definition | : | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | nahuatl, |
| definition | : | a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | olmec, |
| definition | : | a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC (noun.person) |
4. a social division of (usually preliterate) people (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social group, |
| definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | phyle, |
| definition | : | a tribe of ancient Athenians (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | moiety, |
| definition | : | one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe (noun.group) |
5. group of people related by blood or marriage (noun.group)
| derivation | : | kindred, |
| definition | : | related by blood or marriage (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tribal, tribal, tribal, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of a tribe (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | kindred, |
| definition | : | related by blood or marriage (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tribal, tribal, tribal, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of a tribe (adj.pert) |
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