COMPATRIOT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

compatriot

noun

kəm-ˈpā-trē-ət

Definition of compatriot

as in countryman

a person living in or originally from the same country as another an appeal to all of his compatriots to come to their country's aid in its hour of need

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as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another doesn't indulge in the lavish lifestyle of his compatriots in the movie business

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Recent Examples of compatriot Unlike his compatriot Horn, who went down in that same Cleveland game, Jackson has never been seriously hurt before. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Barrow and Drummond are compatriots from the war; Barrow appreciates Drummond as the first white man who did not first judge him by the color of his skin, but Drummond is acting weird. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 Like so many of his compatriots, Yes Boone isn’t afraid of a long haul. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026 His compatriot Stefanos Tzimas (knee) and Evan Ferguson (ankle) — two more of Hurzeler’s No 9 options — are both out because of long-term issues. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for compatriot

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Noun

Knowing how dire the situation is for his fellow countrymen is one reason Nazaryna accepts the discomfort of Shakhtar’s travel arrangements.

— Simon Johnson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
In some obscure way, Shawn felt responsible for protecting the stranger against the slights of his unyielding countrymen.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of countryman

Noun

With the support of our Board of Trustees, Valencia has established a minimum average annual graduate earnings benchmark of $42,000 for our associate in science programs.

— Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Federal prosecutors say Bailey and an associate tricked people out of $2 million from 2018 to 2022.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

My colleague counters that to do so rubs salt in the wound, and that the loser is the one to first contact the winner with congratulations.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
To better estimate how common CTE might have been across all 2,362 former players in the study, Tripodis and his colleagues analyzed the medical records of donors and nondonors.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

The Department of Justice’s prosecution of a Saudi national for allegedly bugging an OpenAI conference room is causing anxiety among OpenAI employees, many of whom are foreign nationals.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
American nationals are among those who have come under attack while accompanying Palestinian farmers on their harvests.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of national

Noun

Sundfør was also drawn to Julian’s ideas through a close friend who converted to Catholicism while battling cancer, and with whom Sundfør read religious texts, including Julian’s Revelations.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

Since the beginning of the episode, Lee’s been tailed by McMann’s skinny accomplice — the guy Ginger shot in the neck at the end of the season premiere.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplice

Noun

The duo are coming off of Mayday, a Cold War buddy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, which released on Apple TV in September, becoming their biggest-ever film debut.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Lamont, who made a splash last year with One of Them Days, has been tapped to direct Last Friday, the first installment of New Line’s buddy comedy movie franchise in 25 years.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

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