National definition
National is an adjective meaning "of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country." It has 8 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 3
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
National as an adjective
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
"national hero"
limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
"national interests"
concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
"the national government"
owned or maintained for the public by the national government
"national parks"
inside the country
Same sense: home, internal, interior
characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
"a national trait"
of or relating to nationality
"national origin"
National as a noun
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
Same sense: subject
Synonyms and antonyms
- home definition
- internal
- interior
- subject
Opposites: international, local.
How to say national
National has 3 syllables and rhymes with international. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with national
- international
- rational
- multinational
- irrational
- transnational
- supranational
- binational
NATIONAL in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Anagrams
- 0
Is NATIONAL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check NATIONAL in the word checker, or unscramble NATIONAL to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.