Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Synonyms for kinfolk


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kin-fohk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪnˌfoʊk

Top 10 synonyms for kinfolk Other synonyms for the word kinfolk

Définition of kinfolk

Origin :
  • also kin-folk, 1802, principally American English, but the earliest references are British, from kin (n.) + folk (n.). Kinsfolk is recorded from 1844.
  • noun kin
Example sentences :
  • His kinfolk hoped that some day he would be President of the Town Board.
  • Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
  • Anyhow he didn't have any kinfolk in this country, so it don't much matter.
  • Extract from : « News Writing » by M. Lyle Spencer
  • I love you faithfully, and if you are still my good Rosalie I am ready to marry you here in the presence of my kinfolk.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • I've heard my grandfather say that our kinfolk, who dwell far to the south beyond the big seawater, have the same custom.
  • Extract from : « The Magic Speech Flower » by Melvin Hix
  • Tell your kinfolk and families and friends and neighbors to make bands and hang together.
  • Extract from : « The Covered Wagon » by Emerson Hough
  • Sometimes it comes out in the society papers immediately after it has been made known to the kinfolk and intimate friends.
  • Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
  • Now he had settled his affairs and come in the guise of a pilgrim to spend the Christmas season with his kinfolk in England.
  • Extract from : « Masters of the Guild » by L. Lamprey
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019