hunting and gathering tribe

1. 1.

   group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic

   Synonymshunting and gathering society

   Broadertribal society

Questions about hunting and gathering tribe

What does hunting and gathering tribe mean?

hunting and gathering tribe means "group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic".

What is another word for hunting and gathering tribe?

Close synonyms include hunting and gathering society. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hunting and gathering tribe a common word?

hunting and gathering tribe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.