Synonyms for community
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fraternity
fraternity, society, public, association, brotherhood, solidarity, unity, company, class, polity, togetherness, sympathy, order
2. Nation
people, nation, body politic, nationality, commonwealth dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
- n. 2
A residential or religious collective; a commune.
Related words
- Word family
- communitarian common commonalty commonship communal commune communication communism
- Phrases
- bedroom community community council community service community card gated community community cat community center community immunity
Forms
- Plural
- communities → fraternities, societies, publics, associations…
Choose the right word
A community may be very small; a commonwealth is ordinarily of considerable extent. A nation is an organized political community considered with reference to the persons composing it as having certain definite boundaries, a definite number of citizens, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- public Everyone more or less likes showing off in public.
- society An individual is the smallest unit of the society.
- association My family belongs to the neighborhood association.
- fraternity "Liberty, equality, fraternity" is a French motto.
- nation Mexico is a nation that borders the United States.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| community | steady | |
| public | steady | |
| society | steady | |
| association | falling | |
| fraternity | steady | |
| nation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fold1
- 5 letters
- order2, class1, unity3, jagir
- 6 letters
- people2, public2, nation2, polity3
- 7 letters
- company3, society4
- 8 letters
- sympathy3
- 10 letters
- solidarity5, fraternity4, similarity5
- 11 letters
- association5, brotherhood3, nationality5
- 12 letters
- commonwealth3, togetherness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- communauté
- Italiano
- comunità
- Español
- comunidad
- Català
- comunitat