Dictionary entry details
• TRIBE (noun)
Meaning:
A social division of (usually preliterate) people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
tribe; folk
Hypernyms ("tribe" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Meronyms (members of "tribe"):
moiety (one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tribe"):
phyle (a tribe of ancient Athenians)
Meaning:
A federation (as of American Indians)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
federation of tribes; tribe
Hypernyms ("tribe" is a kind of...):
nation (a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes))
Meronyms (members of "tribe"):
Maya; Mayan (a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy)
Nahuatl (a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico)
Olmec (a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("tribe" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tribe"):
Bovini; tribe Bovini (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos)
Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)
Holonyms ("tribe" is a member of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Meaning:
Group of people related by blood or marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
clan; kin group; kindred; kinship group; kin; tribe
Hypernyms ("tribe" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Meronyms (members of "tribe"):
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
clan member; clansman; clanswoman (a member of a clan)
tribesman (someone who lives in a tribe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tribe"):
mishpachah; mishpocha ((Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends))
Tribes of Israel; Twelve Tribes of Israel (twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob)
totem (a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object)
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
folks (your parents)
family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)
