folks

noun

Definition of folksnext
plural of folk
1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor her folks have farmed that land for five generations

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2
as in world
human beings in general c'mon, folks, let's get to work

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folks
  1. family
  2. world
  3. tribe
  4. people
  5. house
  6. humanity
  7. clan
  8. public
Noun
  • Mixbook said the town is a place where families can find peace as well as ample opportunities to explore activities in the vicinity.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Will Smith can always count on his family to have his back — quite literally!
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of family
Noun
  • Huston could recognize the ways of that brood: her own renowned and eccentric family inhabited that domestic world of privilege, power, infidelity, and intrigue that became Christie’s writerly milieu.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • At this point, my reentry into the curly world felt like learning to walk again.
    — Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
Definition of world
Noun
  • What was your initial assessment of the Vula tribe?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Gila River Wild Horse Pass Resort and Casino in Chandler, Ariz., owned and operated by two tribes, was the latest stop on Mr. Kennedy’s Make American Healthy Again tour through three Southwestern states.
    — Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of tribe
Noun
  • The Kansas City Star 816-234-4431 Eric Adler, at The Star since 1985, has the luxury of writing about any topic or anyone, focusing on in-depth stories about people at both the center and on the fringes of the news.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The storm wrecked more than 200 ships, killed over 700 people, and shocked a nation reliant on the sea for its economic and military strength.
    — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of people
Noun
  • Corbin said the house’s location helped attract buyers.
    — Tiffani Sherman, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The house has been in continuous operation for more than 75 years.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of house
Noun
  • Brooker takes advantage of the comic brilliance that comes from Rae, Jones, and Ross, and puts them in mental dilemmas that test their connections to their own humanity.
    — Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
  • There’s something honorable about her absolute refusal to lie or cheat, even in the midst of what this world has deemed criminal, and the ways in which people who have committed crimes are not always seen in their full humanity or in their integrity.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of humanity
Noun
  • Yakumo is a young member of the Raven clan, a rival to Ryu’s own.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In coincidental tandem, the families behind both enterprises, both of Jewish-immigrant origins and both interlopers from the provinces (the Shuberts from upstate, the Times clan from Tennessee), had been collectively responsible for colonizing Times Square since its birth.
    — Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of clan
Noun
  • In Weill’s opinion, composers educated in the classical tradition had lost touch with the broader public and sunk into obscurantism.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Given the isolationist tendencies of the U.S. public and Congress in the pre-war years—best exemplified by passage of the neutrality laws in the mid 1930s—Roosevelt’s ability to counter the economic autarky and expansionist aims of fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan was severely limited.
    — Time, Time, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of public
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