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The synonyms of “Folks” are: common people, folk
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “folks” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| common people | A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. |
| folk | Folk music. His folks still live here. |
| ancestral | Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor. Ancestral home. |
| befriend | Become friends with. He makes a point of befriending newcomers to Parliament. |
| brother | A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group. A Benedictine brother. |
| caregiver | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. |
| chieftain | The head of a tribe or clan. Powerful feudal chieftains. |
| clan | A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands. New York s garrulous clan of artists. |
| comrade | (among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization. An old college comrade. |
| dad | One’s father. His dad was with him. |
| daddy | The best or most successful person. The daddy of all potholes. |
| family | People descended from a common ancestor. The family lived in a large house with a lot of land. |
| father | Treat with the protective care associated with a father. A culture which has fathered half the popular music in the world. |
| folk | Folk music. An old folks home. |
| grandchild | A child of your son or daughter. |
| grandparent | A parent of one’s father or mother; a grandmother or grandfather. It must be a great blessing to have Chloe s grandparents living nearby. |
| hometown | The town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence. He never went back to his hometown again. |
| household | The establishment and affairs of a royal household. It was a good Christian household. |
| kin | Animals or plants that are related to a particular species or kind. The Acari include ticks mites and their kin. |
| kindred | Similar in kind; related. Books on kindred subjects. |
| kinsfolk | People descended from a common ancestor. |
| mom | One’s mother. My mom gave us each a slice of pizza. |
| mommy | Informal terms for a mother. |
| parent | Be or act as a parent to a child. Some of the whetstones have been transported up to 400 km from the parent rock. |
| paternal | Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent. He reasserted his paternal authority. |
| paternity | The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing. He refused to admit paternity of the child. |
| patriarchy | A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line. We live in a patriarchy. |
| primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line. |
| progenitor | An ancestor in the direct line. The progenitor of modern jazz. |
| sister | A fellow woman seen in relation to feminist issues. Securicor and its sister company Securicor Services. |
| sisterhood | An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest. Canadian feminists acknowledge their sisterhood with women around the globe. |
| tribe | A social division of (usually preliterate) people. Brands are adopted by a tribe of users. |
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