tribe - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

group of people related by blood or marriage

Synonyms

• clan
• kin
• kin group
• kindred
• kinship group
• tribe

More generic

• social group

More specific

• Tribes of Israel
• Twelve Tribes of Israel
• family
• family tree
• family unit
• folks
• genealogy
• mishpachah
• mishpocha
• totem

Related

• clan member
• clansman
• clanswoman
• relation
• relative
• tribesman

Noun

(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

Synonyms

• tribe

More generic

• taxon
• taxonomic category
• taxonomic group

More specific

• Bambuseae
• Bovini
• tribe Bambuseae
• tribe Bovini

Related

• family

Noun

a federation (as of American Indians)

Synonyms

• federation of tribes
• tribe

More generic

• nation

Related

• Maya
• Mayan
• Nahuatl
• Olmec

Noun

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Synonyms

• folk
• tribe

More generic

• social group

More specific

• phyle

Related

• moiety

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