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