Synonyms for nation
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country community commonwealth nationality population student nation tribe
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Noun
1. Country
state, country, commonwealth, people, nationality, community, kingdom, realm, land, race, body politic, res publica, macronation rare
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Definitions
- n. 1
A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
The Roma are a nation without a country.
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Forms
- Plural
- nations → states, countries, commonwealths, peoples…
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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
- country Tourism is important to the economy of my country.
- community Tom had to perform 100 hours of community service.
- commonwealth Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth.
- nationality "What nationality are his neighbors?" "Malaysian."
- population The population has doubled in the last five years.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nation | steady | |
| country | falling | |
| community | steady | |
| commonwealth | falling | |
| nationality | steady | |
| population | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- land1, race1
- 5 letters
- state1, stock1, realm1, tribe1
- 6 letters
- people2
- 7 letters
- country2, kingdom2
- 9 letters
- community4
- 10 letters
- population4
- 11 letters
- nationality5, macronation
- 12 letters
- commonwealth3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (people2 = 2 syllables).