Synonyms for country
Another word for country is state, land or nation. Below are 8 synonyms and 30 related words across 5 senses.
Also searched as: countries.
1. noun: a politically organized body of people under a single government
- state synonyms
- land synonyms
- nation synonyms
- commonwealth synonyms
- body politic synonyms
- res publica synonyms
2. noun: the territory occupied by a nation
3. noun: the people who live in a nation or country
- land synonyms
- nation synonyms
4. noun: an area outside of cities and towns
- rural area
5. noun: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- power synonyms
- city-state
- city state
- world power
- great power
- major power
- sea power
- foreign country
- political unit
- developing country
- commonwealth country
- ally
- political entity
- rogue state
- rogue nation
- mother country
- kingdom
- native land
- country of origin
- administrative district
- administrative division
- tax haven
- homeland synonyms
- banana republic
- territorial division
- buffer state
- buffer country
- motherland synonyms
- fatherland
- sultanate
Country in word games
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble COUNTRY
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Questions people ask
What is another word for country?
You can say state, land, nation, commonwealth or body politic instead of country. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a politically organized body of people under a single government".
What is the opposite of country?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for country; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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