"tribe" | Definition and Related Words

tribe

Noun

A social division of (usually preliterate) people (synset 108389338)
is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation

subtypes: phyle - a tribe of ancient Athenians

member holonym: moiety - one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

same as: folk
A federation (as of American Indians) (synset 108185430)
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

is a type of: nation - a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
member holonym:
- 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
same as: federation of tribes
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily (synset 108125750)
referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

is a type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
subtypes:
- bovini, tribe bovini - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos
- bambuseae, tribe bambuseae - bamboos
belongs to: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
Group of people related by blood or marriage (synset 107986142)
is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
subtypes:
- mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)
- family, family unit - primary social group; parents and children
- folks - your parents
- family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
- totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
- tribes of israel, twelve tribes of israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
member holonym:
- 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
same as: clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group

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