tribenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/traɪb/us/traɪb/B2 a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities:
a tribe of Amazonian Indians
the Masai tribe
informal a large family or other group that someone belongs to:
We invited Carol's sisters and brothers and their families - the whole Cassidy tribe.
More examples
- The whole tribe seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
- The communal land is cultivated by the womenfolk in the tribe.
- They met a tribe of Somalian desert nomads.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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