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folk
Overview of noun folk
The noun folk has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (14) folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")
2. (1) tribe, folk -- (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)
3. (1) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry -- (people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower")
4. folk music, ethnic music, folk -- (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun folk
4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
=> people
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tribe, folk
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> genealogy, family tree
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
folk music, ethnic music, folk
=> popular music, popular music genre
=> music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun folk
4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
=> country people, countryfolk
=> gentlefolk
=> grass roots
=> home folk
=> rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
Sense 2
tribe, folk
=> phyle
Sense 3
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> people
=> homefolk
=> house
=> dynasty
=> name, gens
Sense 4
folk music, ethnic music, folk
=> folk song, folksong, folk ballad
=> schottische
=> country music, country and western, C and W
=> gospel, gospel singing
=> square-dance music
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun folk
4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
=> people
Sense 2
tribe, folk
=> social group
Sense 3
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Sense 4
folk music, ethnic music, folk
=> popular music, popular music genre
Antonyms of noun folk
Member Holonyms of noun folk
Substance Holonyms of noun folk
Part Holonyms of noun folk
Member Meronyms of noun folk
2 of 4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
HAS MEMBER: plebeian, pleb
Sense 2
tribe, folk
HAS MEMBER: moiety
Substance Meronyms of noun folk
Part Meronyms of noun folk
Meronyms of noun folk
2 of 4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
HAS MEMBER: plebeian, pleb
Sense 2
tribe, folk
HAS MEMBER: moiety
Holonyms of noun folk
Attributes of noun folk
Derived Forms of noun folk
Domain of noun folk
Domain Terms of noun folk
Familiarity of noun folk
folk used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun folk
4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
> people
=> peoples
=> age group, age bracket, cohort
=> ancients
=> baffled
=> blind
=> blood
=> brave
=> timid, cautious
=> business people, businesspeople
=> damned
=> dead
=> living
=> deaf
=> defeated, discomfited
=> disabled, handicapped
=> doomed, lost
=> enemy
=> episcopacy, episcopate
=> folk, folks, common people
=> free, free people
=> homebound
=> initiate, enlightened
=> uninitiate
=> mentally retarded, retarded
=> network army
=> nationality
=> peanut gallery
=> pocket
=> retreated
=> sick
=> tradespeople
=> wounded, maimed
=> migration
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> nation, land, country
=> poor people, poor
=> rich people, rich
=> populace, public, world
=> population
=> community
=> coevals, contemporaries, generation
=> lobby
=> clientele, patronage, business
=> rank and file
=> smart money
=> unconfessed
=> unemployed people, unemployed
=> womankind
=> chosen people
Sense 2
tribe, folk
> social group
=> society
=> minority
=> interest, interest group
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
=> kith
=> fringe
=> gathering, assemblage
=> congregation, fold, faithful
=> organization, organisation
=> phylum
=> force
=> platoon
=> revolving door
=> set, circle, band, lot
=> organized crime, gangland, gangdom
=> subculture
=> nonalignment, nonalinement
=> political system, form of government
=> moiety
=> tribe, folk
=> movement, social movement, front
=> Jewry
Sense 3
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
> lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> breed
=> side
Sense 4
folk music, ethnic music, folk
> popular music, popular music genre
=> disco, disco music
=> macumba
=> pop music, pop
=> folk music, ethnic music, folk
=> dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
=> jazz
=> rap, rap music, hip-hop
=> rhythm and blues, R and B
=> rockabilly
=> rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
=> reggae
=> skiffle
Meronyms of noun folk
4 senses of folk
Sense 1
folk, folks, common people
HAS MEMBER: plebeian, pleb
=> people
HAS MEMBER: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 2
tribe, folk
HAS MEMBER: moiety
Sense 3
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> genealogy, family tree
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
HAS MEMBER: relative, relation
HAS MEMBER: clansman, clanswoman, clan member
HAS MEMBER: tribesman
Holonyms of noun folk
Grep of noun folk
countryfolk
folk
folk art
folk ballad
folk dance
folk dancer
folk dancing
folk etymology
folk music
folk poet
folk singer
folk song
folk tale
folk writer
folklore
folks
folksong
folktale
gentlefolk
home folk
homefolk
kinfolk
kinsfolk
norfolk
townsfolk
Grep of verb folk
folk dance
Grep of adj folk
folksy
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