Overview of noun folks

The noun folks has 2 senses

• folks -- (your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day")


• folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")

Overview of noun folk

The noun folk has 4 senses

• folk, folks, common people -- (people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next")


• tribe, folk -- (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)


• family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry -- (people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower")


• folk music, ethnic music, folk -- (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)