Noun
folk -
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"
folks ,
common people
people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations" ; "are your people still alive?"
country people ,
countryfolk people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics
gentlefolk people of good family and breeding and high social status
grass roots the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
home folk folks from your own home town
ragtag ,
ragtag and bobtail ,
riffraff ,
rabble disparaging terms for the common people
folk -
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
folk music ,
ethnic music
popular music ,
popular music genre any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
folk ballad ,
folk song ,
folksong a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
schottische a German round dance resembling a slow polka
c and w ,
country and western ,
country music a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
gospel singing ,
gospel a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance; "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"
folk -
people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
family ,
family line ,
kinfolk ,
kinsfolk ,
sept ,
phratry
blood line ,
ancestry ,
line of descent ,
bloodline ,
parentage ,
pedigree ,
stemma ,
blood ,
lineage ,
descent ,
origin ,
stock ,
line inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations" ; "are your people still alive?"
homefolk the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"
house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
dynasty a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
folk -
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
tribe
social group people sharing some social relation
