Word

country, n.
(countries)
freq. cnt. 123

a politically organized body of people under a single government
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 125 freq. cnt.: 68 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

body politic commonwealth country land nation res publica state

sample sentences

"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"

semantic pointers

hyponym

commonwealth country developing country Dominion foreign country Reich rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation suzerain sea power great power, power, world power, major power, superpower city state, city-state ally

part meronym

estate of the realm, estate, the three estates

hypernym

political unit, political entity

instance hyponym

Eelam, Tamil Eelam

the territory occupied by a nation
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 7

country land state

sample sentences

"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"

semantic pointers

hypernym

administrative district, administrative division, territorial division

hyponym

banana republic native land, homeland, motherland, mother country, fatherland, country of origin buffer state, buffer country kingdom tax haven European country, European nation African country, African nation Asian country, Asian nation South American country, South American nation North American country, North American nation sultanate

member meronym

department state, province

part meronym

land, domain, demesne midland

instance hyponym

Antigua and Barbuda Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Cuba, Republic of Cuba Haiti, Republic of Haiti Dominican Republic Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica East Timor Fiji, Republic of Fiji Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion Etruria Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands Tuvalu Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati Nauru, Republic of Nauru Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands Burkina Faso, Upper Volta Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies Grenada Maldives, Republic of Maldives Malta, Republic of Malta Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius New Zealand Palau, Republic of Palau, TT Philippines, Republic of the Philippines Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia, St. Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles Solomon Islands Rus Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR Russia, Russian Federation Ukraine, Ukrayina Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands Turkey, Republic of Turkey Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides

the people who live in a nation or country
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

country land nation

sample sentences

"a statement that sums up the nation's mood"
"the news was announced to the nation"
"the whole country worshipped him"

semantic pointers

hypernym

people

member meronym

national, subject

hyponym

Dutch, Dutch people British, British people, Brits English, English people Irish, Irish people French, French people Spanish, Spanish people Swiss, Swiss people

an area outside of cities and towns
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3

country rural area

sample sentences

"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

lexical pointers

antonym

urban area

semantic pointers

hyponym

backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland farmland, farming area countryside scrubland weald wold

hypernym

geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

part meronym

pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 149 freq. cnt.: 146 freq. cnt.: 3

area country

sample sentences

"it was a mountainous area"
"Bible country"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

areal

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

region

instance hyponym

Bermuda Triangle