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Definitions for Folk

[1] Usually folks. (used with a plural verb ) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
[2] Often folks. (used with a plural verb ) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks.
[3] (used with a plural verb ) people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society: The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
[4] folks, Informal . members of one's family; one's relatives: All his folks come from France. one's parents: Will your folks let you go?
[5] Archaic . a people or tribe.
[6] of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero.
[7] having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art.
[8] just folks , Informal . (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
[9] (functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class country folk
[10] (functioning as plural; usually plural in form) informal members of a family
[11] (functioning as singular) informal short for folk music
[12] a people or tribe
[13] (modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country a folk song

Words related to Folk

community, group, public, family, people, lineage, tribe, settlement, proletariat, house, masses, kindred, nation, society, state, race, kin, nationality, clan, population

Words nearby Folk

foliolate, foliole, foliose, folium, folivore, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk etymology, folk linguistics, folk magic

Origin of Folk

before 900; Middle English; Old English folc; cognate with Old Saxon, Old Norse folk, Old High German folk (German Volk )

Word origin for Folk

Old English folc ; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folk

Synonyms for Folk

community, family, group, people, public, clan, confederation, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, nation, nationality, population, proletariat, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe, body politic, culture group, ethnic group, general public, menage, ménage