Synonyms of country

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noun

ˈkən-trē 

1

as in home

the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship

a great love for my country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• home
• homeland
• fatherland
• sod
• motherland
• mother country
• neighborhood
• community
• old country

2

as in countryside

the open rural area outside of big towns and cities

out in the country, where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• countryside
• nowhere
• wilderness
• middle of nowhere
• sticks
• boondocks
• boonies
• bush
• wild
• hinterland
• backwater
• frontier
• backwoods
• outback
• backcountry
• up-country
• exurbia

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban sprawl
• megalopolis
• conurbation

3

as in nation

a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government

usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nation
• state
• commonwealth
• kingdom
• province
• land
• republic
• sovereignty
• empire
• democracy
• domain
• homeland
• nation-state
• realm
• sovereign
• principality
• monarchy
• dictatorship
• colony
• dominion
• settlement
• duchy
• fatherland
• mandate
• ministate
• city-state
• sultanate
• soil
• dependency
• microstate
• motherland
• emirate
• world power
• superpower
• trust territory
• oligarchy
• theocracy
• dukedom
• sea power
• great power
• power
• seigniory
• welfare state
• condominium
• client state
• monocracy

country

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adjective

as in rural

of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people

plain country living among unpretentious people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rural
• pastoral
• bucolic
• rustic
• provincial
• agricultural
• backwoods
• agrarian
• countrified
• semirural
• backwoodsy
• nonurban

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban
• metropolitan
• municipal
• urbanized
• metro
• citified
• nonfarm
• nonagricultural

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of country

Noun

The Centre-2026 exercise brought together more than 47,000 personnel in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, with forces from several Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries participating in the drills. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

The Associated Press Seven major oil-exporting countries agreed Sunday to keep production steady in November at a time when the Iran war has driven the price of benchmark Brent crude oil above $100 a barrel. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Adjective

According to the report, the multi-country Global Monitoring System between April 2024 and March of this year identified about 22,000 ads for 267,000 wildlife products, involving about 8,500 live animals and about 258,000 items of animal meat, parts and extracts. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 May 2026

Court documents outline a multi-country route, flying from Vancouver to Mexico City on March 29, then traveling to Mérida before boarding another flight to Havana, Cuba, on April 1. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing country

• country mile
• mother country