Tribe Synonyms

trīb
A group of people sharing common ancestry
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clan
  2. family
  3. kindred
  4. kin
  5. race
  6. phratry
  7. association
  8. society
  9. folk
  10. lineage
  11. primitive group
  12. ethnic-group
  13. totemic unit
  14. band
  15. house
  16. sib
  17. division
  18. sept
  19. ethnocentrism
  20. deme
  21. horde
  22. sorory
  23. group
  24. kin group
  25. class
  26. people
  27. stock
  28. kinship group
  29. tribalism
  30. village
A federation (as of American Indians)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. federation of tribes
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. ethnocentric
  2. phratric

Words Related to Tribe

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tribesman
  2. indians
  3. berbers
  4. chieftain
  5. celt
  6. atrebates
  7. nubians
  8. settler
  9. brigantes
  10. bedouins
  11. blackfeet
  12. assyrians
  13. dinka
  14. chiefdoms
  15. kingdom

Tribe Sentence Examples

  • The affairs of a tribe were ruled by a council of men past middle age.

  • A tribe living on the banks of the Nile between Wadi Halfa and Assuan are called Barabra.

  • In many cases it arranged the assemblies and ceremonial of the tribe; it regulated marriage, descent and relationship; it ordered blood feuds, it prescribed the rites of hospitality and so on.

  • South of the Drin is another complex mountain system, including the highlands inhabited by the Mirdites and the Mat tribe; among the principal summits are Deia Mazzuklit, Mal-i Vels, Kraba, Toli and Mnela.

  • Each tribe occupied a recognized territory, averaging perhaps a dozen square miles, and used a common dialect.

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