transnational

adjective

trans·​na·​tion·​al (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈna-sh(ə-)nəl 

(ˌ)tranz-

: extending or going beyond national boundaries

transnational corporations

transnationalism

(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈna-sh(ə-)nə-ˌli-zəm 

(ˌ)tranz-

noun

Synonyms of transnational

• international

Examples of transnational in a Sentence

climate change is a transnational problem that requires a transnational solution

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, advisers are exploring alternative legal justifications for regime-change operations under existing anti-drug authorities, arguing that Maduro and his inner circle operate as key nodes in transnational narcotics networks. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025

Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age. —Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization. —John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

Many transnational scams now operate entirely through text, unlike the older schemes that used phone calls, and this creates an additional sense of remove. —Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for transnational

• binational
• irrational
• subnational
• international
• multinational
• supranational
• national
• rational