folk
English Thesaurus
1. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | folk ballad, folk song, folksong, |
| definition | : | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | schottische, |
| definition | : | music performed for dancing the schottische (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | c and w, country and western, country music, |
| definition | : | a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | gospel, gospel singing, |
| definition | : | folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | square-dance music, |
| definition | : | music performed for square dancing (noun.communication) |
2. people in general (often used in the plural) (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | people, |
| definition | : | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gentlefolk, |
| definition | : | people of good family and breeding and high social status (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | grass roots, |
| definition | : | the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | home folk, |
| definition | : | folks from your own home town (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | pleb, plebeian, |
| definition | : | one of the common people (noun.person) |
3. people descended from a common ancestor (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, |
| definition | : | the descendants of one individual (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | people, |
| definition | : | members of a family line (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | homefolk, |
| definition | : | the people of your home locality (especially your own family) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | house, |
| definition | : | aristocratic family line (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dynasty, |
| definition | : | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gens, name, |
| definition | : | family based on male descent (noun.group) |
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. people in general (often used in the plural) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | folksy, |
| definition | : | very informal and familiar (adj.all) |
6. a social division of (usually preliterate) people (noun.group)
| derivation | : | tribal, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of a tribe (adj.pert) |
7. people in general (often used in the plural) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | folksy, |
| definition | : | very informal and familiar (adj.all) |
8. a social division of (usually preliterate) people (noun.group)
| derivation | : | tribal, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of a tribe (adj.pert) |
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