folk

Speech parts

1. folk - Noun

2. folk - Adjective

4. Folk - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of Folks

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

family folks tribe common people mass commonwealth pollock freeman pueblo sept pollack homo kindred polack people
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Antonyms

own person private immigrant nobody outsider
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Hypernyms

line people blood origin stock descent

Hyponyms

house gospel name people dynasty gens

Phrases with the word

folk-etymologically folk horror folk tales folk ballads folk school folk-art painting

Examples

The only really happy folk are married women and single men. H. L. Mencken

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. Louis Armstrong

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. William Feather

Such things happen even to better folk. Finnish Proverb

There's nowt so queer as folk. German Proverb

Married folk are like rats in a trap - fain to get others in, but fain to be out themselves. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

folivore folivorous folivory folk art folk artifacts folk ballad