Folklore
Folklore noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.
Usage example: the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore
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Synonyms for Folklore
Knowledge
Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.
Folklore and knowledge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Knowledge".
Nearby Word: knowledgeable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- belief and folklore
- belief and knowledge
- culture and folklore
- culture and knowledge
- information and folklore
- information and knowledge
- wisdom and folklore
- wisdom and knowledge
- teaching and folklore
- teaching and knowledge
- erudition and folklore
- erudition and knowledge
- learning and folklore
- learning and knowledge
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Manly Wade Wellman regularly displayed his knowledge of Appalachian folklore and music in his "Silver John" stories.
Source: Shown Their Work / Literature -
Shown Their Work: Valente shows extensive knowledge of this period of Russian history and of Russian folklore.
Source: Literature / Deathless -
Viewers Are Geniuses: A working knowledge of mandrake root folklore (including the German novel Alraune) helps to understand the Prelude and bounty series of videos.
Source: Music / iamamiwhoami
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Knowledge and Folklore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/folklore/knowledge
Folklore & Knowledge. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/folklore/knowledge>.
Knowledge or Folklore. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/folklore/knowledge.
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