nation

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, country, res publica, commonwealth, state, land,
  • (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
    country, land,
  • (n) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation,
  • (n) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
    • the Shawnee nation

Synonyms

body politic country res publica commonwealth state land Carry Amelia Moore Nation Carry Nation

Words of close approximity

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national National Academy of Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration national anthem National Archives and Records Administration national assistance National Association of Realtors National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations national bank National Baseball Hall of Fame national capital national censorship National Climatic Data Center national debt national debt ceiling national flag National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Guard National Guard Bureau national holiday national income National Institute of Justice National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institutes of Health national insurance National Intelligence Community nationalisation nationalise nationalism nationalist Nationalist China nationalistic nationalist leader nationality nationalization nationalize National Labor Relations Board national leader National Liberation Army National Liberation Front of Corsica National Library of Medicine nationally national monument National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration national park National Park Service National Reconnaissance Office National Rifle Association National Science Foundation National Security Agency National Security Council national service national socialism national socialist National Socialist German Workers' Party National Technical Information Service national trading policy National Trust National Volunteers Association National Weather Service nationhood Nation of Islam nationwide