Synonyms: folk, folk music, ethnic music
Definition: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Similar words: popular music, popular music genre
Definition: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Synonyms: folk, folks, common people
Definition: people in general (often used in the plural)
Usage: 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
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
Definition: people descended from a common ancestor
Usage: his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Similar words: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Definition: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Similar words: social group
Definition: people sharing some social relation