citizen

citizen

noun

Definition of CITIZEN

1

a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it <conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right>

Synonyms freeman, national, subject

Related Words compatriot, countryman; inhabitant, native, nonimmigrant, resident

Near Antonyms foreigner, stranger; immigrant, nonnative

Antonyms alien, noncitizen

2

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis <claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes>

Synonyms citizen, townie (or towny), townsman, villager

Related Words townswoman; cliff dweller, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, resider, subject; town, townsfolk, townspeople; suburbanite, urbanite

Near Antonyms alien, foreigner, guest, nonnative, tourist, transient, visitor; gownsman

Antonyms noncitizen