1. folks, kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
usage: your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
2. folk, folks, common people, people
usage: 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"
Noun
1. folks, kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
usage: 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"
2. folk, folks, common people, people
usage: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
3. folk, folks, common people, people
usage: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
4. tribe, folk, social group
usage: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community