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country
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COUNTRY
1
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship <a great love for my country>
2
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities <out in the country, where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean>
Related Words exurbia; backcountry, backwater, backwoods, bush, frontier, hinterland, outback, up-country; wild, wilderness
Phrases middle of nowhere
3
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>
Related Words city-state, microstate, ministate, nation-state; domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic; duchy, dukedom, emirate, principality, seigniory (or seignory), sultanate; democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oligarchy, sovereign (also sovran), theocracy; client state, colony, condominium, dependency, mandate, province, settlement, soil, trust territory; fatherland, homeland, motherland; great power, power, sea power, superpower, world power; welfare state
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