Synonyms for tribe
Definitions
- n. 1
A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup
- n. 2
An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes
Related words
- Word family
- tribespeople
Forms
- Plural
- tribes → clans, races, families, peoples…
Choose the right word
Tribe is now almost wholly applied to rude peoples with very imperfect political organization; as, the Indian tribes; nomadic tribes.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- category His latest work belongs to a different category.
- clan Algeria was under the rule of the Bouteflika clan.
- kindred Trade knows neither friends or kindred.
- genus Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species.
By length
- 4 letters
- type1, race1, folk1, clan1, gens1
- 5 letters
- house1, order2, class1, genus2
- 6 letters
- people2, family3, nation2, tribus
- 7 letters
- kindred2
- 8 letters
- division3, category4
- 11 letters
- nationality5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tribu
- Italiano
- tribù
- Español
- tribu
- Deutsch
- Volksstamm
- Català
- tribu