Synonyms for folks
folks

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1. folksnoun

   your parents

   "he wrote to his folks every day"

   Synonyms:
   common people, folk

2. folk, folks, common peoplenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   common people, kinsfolk, tribe, sept, family line, kinfolk, folk music, phratry, ethnic music, folk, family

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1. • Kin

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] people, persons

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1. folksnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Collog.) people, persons

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1. List of paraphrases for "folks":

   parents, friends, guys, people, fellas

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1. Jason Miyares:

   I have said before – in America about the only state-sanctioned form of bigotry is anti-Asian bigotry, and it is wrong and we’re going to hold folks accountable, to the extent that withholding of any of these awards at Thomas Jefferson High School was based on race, national origin or any other protected status under the Virginia human rights act, that is unlawful.

2. Jim Ananich:

   This protest wasn't about the stay-at-home order, it was an opportunity for a small group of folks -- very few of whom were engaging in social distancing or wearing masks -- to show off their swastika posters, confederate flags, nooses hanging from cars and signs calling for murder, threatening Capitol police, staff, press, and elected members is not how we do business here in Michigan.

3. Jacqueline Coleman:

   We value ensuring that these loved ones can be reconnected with their family members, and to make sure that these folks are able to have a proper funeral for their loved ones.

4. Charlie Bonner:

   Unfortunately we don't have an electorate that matches the lived experiences of the folks here. We want to build an electorate reflective of the rich diversity of this beautiful state, but instead of we have these measures that seek to restrict access to make the smallest electorate possible to hold onto power.

5. George Eliot:

   there's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was I' their boots.