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

Need another word that means the same as “country”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “country” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Country” are: land, state, body politic, commonwealth, nation, res publica, area, sovereign state, kingdom, realm, territory, province, principality, palatinate, duchy, empire, homeland, native land, native soil, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, birthplace, people, public, general public, population, populace, community, citizenry, collective, countryside, green belt, great outdoors, terrain, parts

Country as a Noun

Definitions of "Country" as a noun

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

• The people who live in a nation or country.
• The people of a nation.
• A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography.
• A region associated with a particular person, work, or television programme.
• Districts and small settlements outside large urban areas or the capital.
• An area outside of cities and towns.
• A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
• The territory occupied by a nation.
• A politically organized body of people under a single government.
• An area or region with regard to its physical features.

Synonyms of "Country" as a noun (37 Words)

area	A particular environment or walk of life. The spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants.
birthplace	Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence. The birthplace of civilization.
body politic	The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
citizenry	The citizens of a place regarded collectively. The legal obligations of the citizenry.
collective	A collective farm. The anarchist collective and bookshop.
commonwealth	A self-governing unit voluntarily grouped with the US, such as Puerto Rico. The Christian commonwealth.
community	A group of people living together and practising common ownership. The community of goods.
country of origin	An area outside of cities and towns.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. They explored the surrounding countryside.
duchy	The royal dukedom of Cornwall or Lancaster.
empire	A large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group. The British created a great empire.
fatherland	A person’s native country, especially when referred to in patriotic terms. Those whom many considered traitors to the fatherland.
general public	A general officer of the highest rank.
great outdoors	A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field.
green belt	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
homeland	An autonomous or semi-autonomous state occupied by a particular people. He left his homeland to settle in London.
kingdom	The spiritual reign or authority of God. The kingdom of dreams.
land	Living or travelling on land rather than in water or the air. Many people are leaving the land and going to work in the city.
mother country	A term of address for a mother superior.
motherland	The country where you were born.
nation	The people who live in a nation or country. The world s leading industrialized nations.
native land	Indigenous plants and animals.
native soil	A person born in a particular place or country.
palatinate	A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
parts	The local environment. He hasn t been seen around these parts in years.
people	The common people generally. My people live in Warwickshire.
populace	People in general considered as a whole. The party misjudged the mood of the populace.
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. The population seemed to be well fed and clothed.
principality	(in traditional Christian angelology) the fifth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
province	A district under an archbishop or a metropolitan. It was his province to take care of himself.
public	The people who watch or are interested in an artist, writer, or performer. Some famous last words to give my public.
realm	A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about. This zoogeographical realm includes Africa south of the Atlas Mountains.
res publica	A politically organized body of people under a single government.
sovereign state	A nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
state	The three traditional states of matter are solids fixed shape and volume and liquids fixed volume and shaped by the container and gases filling the container. Don t get into a state.
terrain	A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential. A terrain of low green hills.
territory	A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. Sorties into enemy territory.

Usage Examples of "Country" as a noun

• The whole country took to the streets.
• His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country.
• A country lane.
• The country's increasingly precarious economic position.
• The country's largest manufacturer.
• The airfield is right out in the country.
• Bible country.
• A tract of wild country.
• The whole country worshipped him.
• An old mansion in Stevenson's ‘Kidnapped’ country.
• Spain, Italy, and other European countries.

Associations of "Country" (30 Words)

african	Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
american	The English language as used in the United States.
area	A subject of study. The room is twelve square feet in area.
autonomous	(in Kantian moral philosophy) acting in accordance with one’s moral duty rather than one’s desires. An autonomous judiciary.
borough	An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
capitol	The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. Ancient Troy was a great city.
community	A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common. They hoped to join the NATO community.
constituency	The body of voters who elect a representative for their area. Most politicians are more interested in the voice of their constituency.
continent	One of the large landmasses of the earth. Pioneers had to cross the continent on foot.
diplomat	A person who deals tactfully with others.
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. The committee districted the city into blocks.
dutch	The people of the Netherlands.
ethnographic	Of or relating to ethnography. Ethnographic research in European border communities.
immigrant	A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. Immigrant workers.
indian	Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.
ireland	An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
localization	The process of making something local in character or restricting it to a particular place. Differences in localization of growth control molecules in carcinoma.
municipal	Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. International law only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law.
municipality	The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates.
nation	The people who live in a nation or country. The news was announced to the nation.
national	Of or relating to nationality. National interests.
nationality	Distinctive national or ethnic character. Men of Spanish nationality.
prefecture	The official residence or headquarters of a prefect. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police.
province	The whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture. It was his province to take care of himself.
region	The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. A major wine producing region.
scotland	One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts.
town	The chief city or town of a region. He has moved to town.
welsh	Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language. Banks began welshing on their agreement not to convert dollar reserves into gold.
world	A stage of human life, either mortal or after death. He sailed around the world.