FOLK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
   Synonym(s)
   • ethnic music (what does ethnic music mean?)
   • folk music (what does folk music mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) folk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • popular music (what does popular music mean?)
   • popular music genre (what does popular music genre mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • folk song (what does folk song mean?)
   • folksong (what does folksong mean?)
   • folk ballad (what does folk ballad mean?)
   • schottische (what does schottische mean?)
   • country music (what does country music mean?)
   • country and western (what does country and western mean?)
   • C and W (what does C and W mean?)
   • gospel (what does gospel mean?)
   • gospel singing (what does gospel singing mean?)
   • square-dance music (what does square-dance music mean?)
2. Meaning
   • people in general
   Synonym(s)
   • common people (what does common people mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they”re just country folk
   • the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
   Hypernyms(s) folk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • people (what does people mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grass roots (what does grass roots mean?)
   • home folks (what does home folks mean?)
   • rabble (what does rabble mean?)
   • riffraff (what does riffraff mean?)
   • ragtag (what does ragtag mean?)
   • ragtag and bobtail (what does ragtag and bobtail mean?)
3. Meaning
   • people descended from a common ancestor
   Synonym(s)
   • family (what does family mean?)
   • family line (what does family line mean?)
   • kinfolk (what does kinfolk mean?)
   • kinsfolk (what does kinsfolk mean?)
   • phratry (what does phratry mean?)
   • sept (what does sept mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
   Hypernyms(s) folk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lineage (what does lineage mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
   • line of descent (what does line of descent mean?)
   • descent (what does descent mean?)
   • bloodline (what does bloodline mean?)
   • blood line (what does blood line mean?)
   • blood (what does blood mean?)
   • pedigree (what does pedigree mean?)
   • ancestry (what does ancestry mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • parentage (what does parentage mean?)
   • stemma (what does stemma mean?)
   • stock (what does stock mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • homefolk (what does homefolk mean?)
   • house (what does house mean?)
   • dynasty (what does dynasty mean?)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   • gens (what does gens mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a social division of (usually preliterate) people
   Synonym(s)
   • tribe (what does tribe mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) folk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • social group (what does social group mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • phyle (what does phyle mean?)