Synonyms for country
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Nation — the territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions…
nation, region, land, state, territory, commonwealth, realm, district, soil, ground, body politic, dominion, res publica, macronation rare
Adjective
1. Rural
rural, countrified, rustic, agrestic rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
- adj. 1
From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.
Related words
- Word family
- country-dance countryfolk countryish countryless countrylike countryman countryperson country-rock
- Phrases
- country bumpkin high country country of origin mother country country dancing country music country store back country
- Is a kind of
- entity political entity organization
Forms
- Plural
- countries → nations, regions, lands, states…
Example sentences
- state Hoover was born in the farm state of Iowa in 1874.
- land Fifty years ago anyone could have bought the land.
- region A very well known wine is produced in that region.
- nation Mexico is a nation that borders the United States.
- area He centered his business on the metropolitan area.
- mill You mill mine, and I'll mill the village chief's.
By length
- 4 letters
- area3, land1, soil1, mill1
- 5 letters
- state1, rural2, realm1
- 6 letters
- ground1, region2, nation2, native2, rustic2
- 8 letters
- district2, dominion3, agrestic
- 9 letters
- territory4
- 11 letters
- countrified, macronation
- 12 letters
- commonwealth3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (area3 = 3 syllables).