folk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people in general (often used in the plural)
they're just country folk
Types & categories
- people hypernym
- country people hyponym
- gentlefolk hyponym
- grass roots hyponym
- home folk hyponym
- riffraff hyponym
Parts & wholes
- plebeian member meronym
Related & opposite
- folksy derivation
Sense 2 noun
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- phyle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- moiety member meronym
Related & opposite
- tribal derivation
Sense 3 noun
people descended from a common ancestor
his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Types & categories
- popular music hypernym
- folk song hyponym
- schottische hyponym
- country music hyponym
- gospel singing hyponym
- square-dance music hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | folksy |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | plebeian |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | country people |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gentlefolk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grass roots |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | home folk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | riffraff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tribal |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | moiety |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | phyle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ancestry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | people |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | homefolk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | house |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dynasty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gens |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | popular music |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | folk song |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | schottische |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | country music |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gospel singing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | square-dance music |