Folk

Quick meaning: Folk is a noun meaning (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

Meaning

(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

More Meanings

1. (collective plural) People, persons.
2. (collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
3. (music) Ellipsis of folk music.
4. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
5. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
6. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
7. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.

Example Sentences

folk psychology; folk linguistics

I need to call my folks back home.

There were a lot of folk in the streets.

The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.

Word Forms

• folks

Synonyms for folk

Depending on context, synonyms include phratry, tribe, kinfolk, family, country, kinsfolk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tribe, phratry, sept, country, family, kinfolk.

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