Synonyms for state
Another word for state is province, country or land. Below are 14 synonyms and 30 related words across 10 senses.
Also searched as: stater, states, stating.
1. noun: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- province
2. noun: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
3. noun: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
4. noun: a politically organized body of people under a single government
- country synonyms
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- commonwealth synonyms
- body politic synonyms
- res publica synonyms
5. noun: (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)
- state of matter
6. noun: a state of depression or agitation
7. noun: the territory occupied by a nation
8. verb: express in words
9. verb: put before
- put forward synonyms
- submit synonyms
- posit
10. verb: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
- express synonyms
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.
- administrative district
- administrative division
- territorial division
- eparchy
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- government synonyms
- authorities
- welfare state
- regime synonyms
- city-state
- city state
- world power
- great power
- major power
- sea power
- foreign country
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Questions people ask
What is another word for state?
You can say province, country, land, nation or commonwealth instead of state. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation".
What is the opposite of state?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for state; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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