folks

Speech parts

1. folks - Noun

3. Folks - Proper noun

Meaning

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.

The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

folk greece maltese sept house sib kindred world group home people population public family community
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Antonyms

flora offspring aristocracy nobody fauna what
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Hypernyms

kindred people clan kin tribe kinship group

Hyponyms

rabble riffraff gentlefolk ragtag ragtag and bobtail grass roots

Phrases with the word

old folks folks person old folks' home clumsy folks plain folks young folks

Examples

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. Kin Hubbard

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. Kin Hubbard

Folks never understand the folks they hate. James Russell Lowell

Work for nought makes folks dead lazy. English Proverb

A house is a fine house when good folks are within. English Proverb

Threatened folks eat bread. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

folkred folkrede folkright folks person folksier folksiest