Folks
Folks noun - People in general (often used in the plural).
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Synonyms for Folks
Ordinary people and folks are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordinary people" instead a noun "Folks".
Ordinary people
Folks and ordinary people are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folks" instead a noun phrase "Ordinary people".
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- humanity and folks
- humanity and ordinary people
- humankind and folks
- humankind and ordinary people
- populace and folks
- populace and ordinary people
- race and folks
- race and ordinary people
- folk and folks
- folk and ordinary people
- family and folks
- family and ordinary people
- kin and folks
- kin and ordinary people
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- Batman tends to prefer that ordinary people think of him this way; the majority of regular folks in the DCU (outside of Gotham, anyway) tend to think he's a myth, so as to avoid scrutiny from law enforcement outside of Gotham.
Source: Plausible Deniability -
This game's version of the Ultramarines are still Nice Guys,note one of their Hats is treating ordinary people with kindness and respect, unlike a lot of other folks in the setting, but they're not invincible.
Source: Reconstruction
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Ordinary people and Folks. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/folks/ordinary_people
Folks & Ordinary people. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/folks/ordinary_people>.
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