State definition

State as a noun

1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   "his state is in the deep south"

   Same sense: province

2. the way something is with respect to its main attributes

   "the current state of knowledge"

3. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

   "the state has lowered its income tax"

4. a politically organized body of people under a single government

   "the state has elected a new president"

   Same sense: country, land, nation, commonwealth, body politic, res publica

5. (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

   "the solid state of water is called ice"

   Same sense: state of matter

6. a state of depression or agitation

   "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"

7. the territory occupied by a nation

   Same sense: country, land

State as a verb

8. express in words

   "state your opinion"

   Same sense: say, tell

9. put before

   Same sense: put forward, submit, posit

10. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

    Same sense: express

Synonyms and antonyms

• province
• country definition
• land definition
• nation
• commonwealth
• body politic
• res publica
• state of matter
• say definition
• tell definition
• put forward
• submit
• posit
• express

All synonyms of state, sense by sense

How to say state

State has 1 syllable and rhymes with great. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with state

• great
• wait
• late
• date
• rate
• hate
• straight
• create
• eight
• weight
• separate
• estate

STATE in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

5

Anagrams

4

Is STATE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STATE in the word checker, or unscramble STATE to see its 4 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.