1. People in general (often used in the plural)
   "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine";
   - folks, common people
    
2. A social division of (usually preliterate) people
   "Anthropologists studied the folk traditions of the indigenous tribe";
   - tribe
    
3. People descended from a common ancestor; blood relations
   "The folk gathered for their annual family reunion";
   - family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, fam [informal], kith and kin
    
4. The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
   "The festival celebrated the rich diversity of folk music from around the world";
   - folk music, ethnic music

Derived forms: folks

Type of: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, people, popular music, popular music genre, social group, stemma, stock

Encyclopedia: Folk, Michael