country

Nouns

  • (n) a politically organized body of people under a single government
    • the state has elected a new president
    • African nations
    • students who had come to the nation's capitol
    • the country's largest manufacturer
    • an industrialized land
    body politic, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land,
  • (n) the territory occupied by a nation
    • he returned to the land of his birth
    • he visited several European countries
    land, state,
  • (n) the people who live in a nation or country
    • a statement that sums up the nation's mood
    • the news was announced to the nation
    • the whole country worshipped him
    nation, land,
  • (n) an area outside of cities and towns
    • his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country
    rural area,
  • (n) a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
    • it was a mountainous area
    • Bible country
    area,

Synonyms

body politic nation res publica commonwealth state land rural area area

Antonyms

populated area urban area

Words of close approximity

county
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