CITIZEN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CITIZEN?

Need another word that means the same as “citizen”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “citizen” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Citizen” are: subject, national, passport holder, native, inhabitant, resident, townsman, townswoman, householder, local

Citizen as a Noun

Definitions of "Citizen" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “citizen” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community.
• An inhabitant of a particular town or city.
• A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.

Synonyms of "Citizen" as a noun (10 Words)

householder	Someone who owns a home.
inhabitant	A person who inhabits a particular place.
local	A local branch of an organization especially a trade union. The street was full of locals and tourists.
national	A national newspaper as opposed to a local one. She finished 16th at the nationals that year.
native	Indigenous plants and animals. New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives.
passport holder	Any authorization to pass or go somewhere.
resident	A pupil who boards at a boarding school. It was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents.
subject	A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures someone who is an object of investigation. He didn t want to discuss that subject.
townsman	A male resident of a particular town or city (often used to contrast with a visitor or a person living in the country. A townsman of Bury.
townswoman	A female resident of a particular town or city. We know more about townswomen than we do of the rural-dwelling women.

Usage Examples of "Citizen" as a noun

• A British citizen.
• The good citizens of Edinburgh.

Associations of "Citizen" (30 Words)

abide	Live; dwell. I said I would abide by their decision.
borough	A town (as distinct from a city) with a corporation and privileges granted by a royal charter.
burgher	A descendant of a Dutch or Portuguese colonist in Sri Lanka. The poem is not the sort of thing the sturdy burghers of Manchester would wish to read.
census	Conduct a census. They censused the deer in the forest.
civil	Relating to civil law. Even if he didn t like them he should have been civil.
civilian	Relating to civilians. Civilian life.
commoner	(at some British universities) an undergraduate who does not have a scholarship. Cattle and ponies owned by the commoners.
denizen	A person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place. Denizens of the deep.
disfranchise	Deprive of voting rights.
dwell	Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. This kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean.
dweller	A person or animal that lives in or at a specified place. City dwellers.
elector	In the US a member of the electoral college. Close to 60 per cent of the 60 000 registered electors voted.
habitant	An inhabitant. The habitant farmhouses of old Quebec.
habitat	The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs. A marine habitat.
immigrant	A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigrant workers.
inhabit	Be an inhabitant of or reside in. Strange notions inhabited her mind.
inhabitant	A person who fulfils the residential or legal requirements for being a member of a state or parish.
living	People who are still living. He was offered the living of St Katherine s.
national	Of or relating to nationality. Isolationism is a strictly national policy.
nationality	People having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation. Men of Spanish nationality.
native	Used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere e g native bee. An eighteen year old Brooklyn native.
plebeian	Of or belonging to the commoners of ancient Rome. His square plebeian nose.
plebiscite	The direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution. The administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms.
populate	Fill or be present in (a place or sphere. A cosy rural town populated with friendly folk.
population	The number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc. Areas of sparse population.
referendum	A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
reside	Be situated. The paintings now reside on the walls of a restaurant.
resident	Having quarters on the premises of one’s work. An intangible computer program resident on a magnetic disk.
vote	Express one s preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution cast a vote. American women got the vote in 1920.
voter	A person who votes or has the right to vote at an election.