folks

Synonyms:

common people, folk

Types:

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country people, countryfolk

people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics

gentlefolk

people of good family and breeding and high social status

grass roots

the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)

home folk

folks from your own home town

rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff

disparaging terms for the common people

scum, trash

worthless people

Type of:

people

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

Type of:

clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe

group of people related by blood or marriage