kinfolk

Other forms of kinfolk

plural

kinfolks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kinfolk

What does kinfolk mean?

kinfolk means "people descended from a common ancestor".

How many syllables are in kinfolk?

kinfolk has 2 syllables: kin-folk. The stress falls on "kin".

What is another word for kinfolk?

Close synonyms include family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, sept. 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 kinfolk a common word?

kinfolk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.