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Kinfolk

(also in plural) Relatives, relations.

📖 Definitions of "Kinfolk"

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(also in plural) Relatives, relations.

🔄 Synonyms of "Kinfolk"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
phratrynoun	(Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
family linenoun	people descended from a common ancestor
kinsfolknoun	Alternative spelling of kinfolk. [(US) Relatives, relations.]
folknoun	(collective plural) People, persons.
septnoun	A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kinfolk"

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Word	Definition
kinsfolknoun	Alternative spelling of kinfolk. [(US) Relatives, relations.]
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
septnoun	A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
phratrynoun	(Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
folknoun	(collective plural) People, persons.
family linenoun	people descended from a common ancestor
fopksnoun	(Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of folks. [The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents]
elfinfolknoun	Alternative form of elvenfolk. [Elves.]
folxnoun	(now chiefly Internet slang, especially in LGBTQ slang and communities of color) Folks; people.
finnocnoun	Alternative spelling of finnock. [(Scotland) A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.]
fatherkinsnoun	(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
finnacnoun	Alternative spelling of finnock. [(Scotland) A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.]
famblynoun	(dialect) A family.
fynnenoun	Obsolete form of fin (“part of a fish”). [(ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.]
fieldfolknoun	labourers who work in the fields.
ould fellanoun	(colloquial, Ireland, figuratively) father
werefolksnoun	Synonym of werefolk.
finooknoun	(slang, derogatory) Homosexual.
framilynoun	(slang) A group of friends who are close like a family.
fyke-netnoun	(fishing) A fyke.