commonwealth

commonwealth

noun

Definition of COMMONWEALTH

a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government <laws that will benefit all the citizens of the commonwealth>

Synonyms commonwealth, country, land, sovereignty (also sovranty), state

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