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to find one's tribe

to find one's tribe

7.3
To discover a group of people who share your interests and make you feel at home
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : encontrar su tribu
  • Find your tribe, and never, ever let them go.

Examples

  • I had found my tribe.

    Takedown (2024)

  • And hopefully, it's like finding your tribe.

    Fame Kills: Princess Diana (2022)

  • Kevin would leave the cave, go back to the outside world and he would not return until he had found his tribe the biggest baddest villain deserved.

    Minions (2015)

  • Find one's tribe means connecting with people who share your passions.

  • Many people struggle to find their tribe during their teenage years.

  • When she moved to the city, it took her a while to find her tribe of fellow artists.

Antonyms

lone
176 2.7

By itself with no other people or things nearby

alienated
6.8

Feeling alone and not part of a group or society

How Connected

to find one's tribe
  • Informal
7.3
to belong
671 1.8
to fit in
172 3.0
acceptance
101 2.9
outsiderness
1 7.7

Surface Forms

find one's tribe infinitive
finding one's tribe present participle
finds one's tribe third person singular
found one's tribe past
found one's tribe past participle

Morphology

find + one's + tribe

The meaning is directly compositional from 'find' (to discover) + 'one's' (possessive) + 'tribe' (a group or community); a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it means discovering the group you belong to. Although 'tribe' is used metaphorically for a social group, that extension is common and predictable across languages, so the expression is transparently understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Find one's tribe paints the simple picture of finding a small group, a tribe, where you feel you 'belong'. That's why to 'find your tribe' means to discover people with the same interests or values and to feel at home.