folks
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
your parents
he wrote to his folks every day
Types & categories
- kin group hypernym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Sense 2 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
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kin group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | folksy |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | plebeian |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | country people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gentlefolk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grass roots |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | home folk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | riffraff |