Related Words for the old country

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WordSyllablesCategories
abandoned
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accession
x/x
Noun, Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advanced
x/
Adjective
afghan
/x
Adjective, Name
afghanistan
x/xx
Name
age
/
Noun, Verb
agony
/xx
Noun
air
/
Noun, Verb
albania
x/xx
Name
algeria
x/xx
Name
alien
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ally
/x
Noun, Verb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
alter
/x
Verb, Noun
alumni
x/x
Noun
america
x/xx
Name
analog
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ancestral
x/x
Adjective, Noun
anchorage
/xx
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
andorra
x/x
Name
angola
x/x
Name
antediluvian
/xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
antigua
x/x
Name
antigua and barbuda
x/x/x/x
Name, Name
antiquated
/xxx
Adjective
antique
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
arabia
x/xx
Name
archaic
x/x
Adjective, Name
area
/xx
Noun
arena
x/x
Noun
argentina
xx/x
Name
armenia
x/xx
Name
auld
/
Noun, Adjective
australia
x/x
Name
austria
/xx
Name
azerbaijan
xxx/
Name
backcountry
//x
Noun
backwoods
//
Noun, Adjective
bahamas
x/x
Name
baldy
/x
Name
bangladesh
/xx
Name
bank
/
Noun, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
belarus
x/x
Name
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
benin
/x
Name
bhutan
x/
Name
bible
/x
Name
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
body politic
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
bolivia
x/xx
Name
boo
/
Noun, Verb
books
/
Noun
border
/x
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
brazil
x/
Name
british
/x
Adjective, Name
brits
/
Name
bro
/
Noun
buddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulgaria
x/xx
Name
burkina faso
x/x/x
Name, Name
burma
/x
Name
burundi
x/x
Name
bushel
/x
Noun, Verb
byron
/x
Name
cambodia
x/xx
Name
cameroon
/xx
Name
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
canada
/xx
Name
canadian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
canonical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cape verde
//x
Name, Name
care
/
Noun, Verb
cathay
x/
Name
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
ceylon
x/
Name
chad
/
Name
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
chico
/x
Name
chile
/x
Name
china
/x
Name
chinese
x/
Adjective, Name
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
city
/x
Noun
classic
/x
Adjective, Noun
classical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
coast
/
Noun, Verb
cohort
/x
Noun, Verb
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
colombia
x/xx
Name
commonwealth
/xx
Noun
commonwealth of australia
/xx/x/x
Name, Name
comoros
x/x
Name
congo
/x
Name
continent
/xx
Noun, Adjective
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
councils
/x
Noun
countries
/x
Noun
country of origin
/x//xx
Phrase, Noun
countryside
/xx
Noun
county
/x
Noun, Adjective
covered
/x
Adjective
crappy
/x
Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
croatia
x/x
Name
crusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
cuba
/x
Name
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
customary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cyprus
/x
Name
dad
/
Noun, Verb
daddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
darkened
/x
Adjective
dated
/x
Adjective
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
decommissioned
xx/x
Verb
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
defunct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
delegation
xx/x
Noun
demesne
x/
Noun
denmark
/x
Name
dilapidated
x/xxx
Adjective
diocese
/xx
Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disaster area
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
district
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
djibouti
x/x
Name
domain
x/
Noun
domestically
x/xx
Adverb
dominica
x/xx
Name
dominican republic
x/xxx/x
Name, Name
dude
/
Noun, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earth
/
Noun, Verb
easygoing
/x/x
Adjective
economy
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ecuador
/xx
Name
egypt
/x
Name
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
elderly
/xx
Adjective, Noun
emeritus
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
enduring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
english
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
eritrea
xx/x
Name
erstwhile
/x
Adjective, Adverb
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
estonia
x/xx
Name
ethiopia
xx/xx
Name
existing
x/x
Adjective
experienced
x/xx
Adjective
eye
/
Noun, Verb
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
famous
/x
Adjective, Verb
farm
/
Noun, Verb
farmland
/x
Noun
fashioned
/x
Adjective
father
/x
Noun, Verb
fatherland
/xx
Noun
federation
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
fella
/x
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
fiji
/x
Name
finland
/x
Name
fireside
/xx
Noun
flag
/
Noun, Verb
folk
/
Noun, Adjective
footer
/x
Noun, Verb
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
foreigner
/xx
Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
france
/
Name
free port
//
Phrase, Noun
free zone
//
Phrase, Noun
french
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gaga
/x
Noun, Adjective
gallon
/x
Noun
genuine
/xx
Adjective
georgia
/x
Name
geriatric
xx/x
Adjective, Name
germany
/xx
Name
ghana
/x
Name
gland
/
Noun
governed
/x
Noun
government
/xx
Noun
grandad
/x
Noun
grandfather
/xx
Noun, Verb
grandpa
/x
Noun
grandparent
/xx
Noun, Verb
gray
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
great power
//x
Name, Name
greece
/
Name
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grenada
x/x
Name
grey
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guatemala
xx/x
Name
guinea
/x
Noun
haiti
/x
Name
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hangout
/x
Noun
haunt
/
Verb, Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
hearth
/
Noun
heath
/
Noun
herzegovina
xxx/x
Name
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hill
/
Noun, Verb
hillbilly
/xx
Noun, Verb
hinterland
/xx
Noun
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
hoar
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hoary
/x
Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homeland
/x
Noun
homey
/x
Adjective, Noun
honduras
x/x
Name
honored
/x
Adjective
honoured
/x
Adjective
horse
/
Noun, Verb
hoss
/
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
hunting ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
iceland
/x
Name
immature
xx/
Adjective, Noun
immemorial
xx/xx
Adjective
inch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
india
/xx
Name
indonesia
xx/x
Name
intercity
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
internally
x/xx
Adverb
international
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
interregional
xx/xx
Adjective
iran
x/
Name
iraq
x/
Name
iraqi
x/x
Adjective, Name
ireland
/xx
Name
irish
/x
Adjective, Name
island
/x
Noun, Verb
israel
/xx
Name
italy
/xx
Name
jamaica
x/x
Name
japan
x/
Name, Verb
jordan
/x
Name
jurisdiction
xx/x
Noun
kazakhstan
xx/
Name
kenya
/x
Name
kibbutz
x/
Noun
kilometer
x/xx
Noun
kingdom
/x
Noun
kiribati
x//x
Name
koo
/
Name
korea
x/x
Name
korean
x/x
Adjective, Name
kuwait
x/
Name
kyrgyzstan
/xx
Name
land
/
Noun, Verb
landscape
/x
Noun, Verb
lao
/
Name, Adjective
laotian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
latvia
/xx
Name
law
/
Noun, Verb
lea
/
Name
lebanon
/xx
Name
legacy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
leone
x/
Name
lesotho
x/x
Name
ley
/
Noun, Adjective
liberia
x/xx
Name
libya
/xx
Name
libyan
/xx
Adjective, Name
liechtenstein
/xx
Name, Adjective
lithuania
xx/xx
Name
lonely
/x
Adjective
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longtime
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lovable
/xx
Adjective
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
macedonia
xx/xx
Name
madagascar
xx/x
Name
malawi
x/x
Name
malaysia
x/x
Name
maldives
/x
Name
mali
/x
Name
malta
/x
Name
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
marshall islands
/x/x
Name, Name
mate
/
Noun, Verb
mature
x/
Adjective, Verb
mauritania
xx/xx
Name
mauritius
x/xx
Name
member
/x
Noun, Verb
mexico
/xx
Name
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midland
/x
Name, Adjective
millimeter
/xxx
Noun
million
/x
Noun, Adjective
moldova
x/x
Name
mongolia
x/xx
Name
morocco
x/x
Name
mossy
/x
Adjective, Noun
mother country
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
motherland
/xx
Noun
mozambique
xx/
Name
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
myanmar
//
Name
nam
/
Noun
namibia
x/xx
Name
nation
/x
Noun, Adverb
nationality
xx/xx
Noun
nationally
/xxx
Adverb
nationwide
/x/
Adjective, Adverb
native land
/x/
Phrase, Noun
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
nauru
/x
Name
nepal
x/
Name
netherlands
/xx
Name, Adjective
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
new hebrides
//xx
Name, Name
new zealand
//x
Name, Name
nicaragua
xx/x
Name
niger
/x
Name
nigeria
x/xx
Name
nordic
/x
Adjective, Name
norway
/x
Name
obsolete
xx/
Adjective, Verb
of age
//
Phrase
olden
/x
Adjective, Name, Verb
older
/x
Adjective, Noun
ole
/
Adjective, Name
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ounce
/
Noun
outback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outdated
/xx
Adjective
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outmoded
x/x
Adjective
overage
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pakistan
/xx
Name
papua new guinea
/xx//x
Name, Name
paraguay
/xx
Name
parish
/x
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
pasture
/x
Noun, Verb
pastureland
/xx
Noun
patched
/
Adjective
patriotic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
pays
/
Noun
peninsula
x/xx
Noun
peru
x/
Name
philippines
/xx
Name
pica
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
playground
/x
Noun
poland
/x
Name
population
xx/x
Noun
pound
/
Noun, Verb
pounder
/x
Noun
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
preceding
x/x
Adjective
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
protracted
x/x
Adjective
province
/x
Noun
public
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
qatar
x/
Name
qatari
x/x
Name, Adjective
quadrant
/x
Noun
queens
/
Noun
refuge
/x
Noun, Verb
region
/x
Noun
regulated
/xxx
Adjective
reich
/
Name
repair
x/
Noun, Verb
republic
x/x
Noun
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
retired
x/
Adjective
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
romania
x/xx
Name
rule
/
Noun, Verb
rural
/x
Adjective, Noun
russia
/x
Name
rusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
rwanda
x/x
Name
safety
/x
Noun, Verb
saint kitts and nevis
////x
Name, Name
saint lucia
//x
Name, Name
saint vincent and the grenadines
//x/xx/x
Name, Name
salvador
/xx
Name
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
samoa
x/x
Name
saxe
/
Name
saxony
/xx
Name
scene
/
Noun, Verb
schacht
/
Verb
seater
/x
Noun
secondhand
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
sectional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
senegal
xx/
Name
senescent
x/x
Adjective
senile
/x
Adjective, Noun
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
serbia
/xx
Name
seychelles
/x
Name
shore
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
shrubbery
/xx
Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sierra
x/x
Name
singapore
/xx
Name
situation
xx/x
Noun
slovakia
x/xx
Name
soil
/
Noun, Verb
solomon islands
/xx/x
Name, Name
somalia
x/xx
Name
soviet
/xx
Adjective, Name
soviet union
/xx/x
Name, Name
space
/
Noun, Verb
spanish
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
sri lanka
//x
Name, Name
staging area
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
stale
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stamping ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
star
/
Noun, Verb
stare
/
Verb, Noun
stat
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective, Verb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
statehood
/x
Noun
status
/x
Noun
stereotypical
xxx/xx
Adjective
stranger
/x
Noun, Verb
stuffy
/x
Adjective, Noun
sudan
x/
Name
sunset
/x
Noun, Verb
superpower
xx/x
Noun, Verb
superstitious
xx/x
Adjective
suriname
/xx
Name
sweden
/x
Name
swiss
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
switzerland
/xx
Name
syria
/xx
Name
tajikistan
x/xx
Name
tanzania
x/xx
Name
tenths
/
Noun
terra
/x
Noun
territory
/xxx
Noun
thailand
/x
Name
the british
x/x
Name
the english
x/x
Name, Name
the french
x/
Name, Name
the swiss
x/
Name
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tobago
x/x
Name
tome
/
Noun
tonga
/x
Name
town
/
Noun
township
/x
Noun
traditional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
tree
/
Noun, Verb
trinidad and tobago
/xx/x/x
Name, Name
trite
/
Adjective, Noun
troop
/
Noun, Verb
tunisia
x/x
Name
turkey
/x
Noun, Adjective
turkmen
/x
Name, Adjective
turkmenistan
x/xx
Name
tuvalu
/xx
Name
uganda
x/x
Name
ukraine
x/
Name
uncle
/x
Noun, Verb
union of soviet socialist republics
/x//xx/xxx/x
Name, Name
urban
/x
Adjective, Name
uruguay
/xx
Name
used
/
Verb, Adjective
ussr
////
Name
usual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
uzbekistan
x/xx
Name
vain
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
vanuatu
xx/x
Name
venerable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
venezuela
xx/x
Name
veteran
/xx
Noun, Adjective
vietnam
xx/
Name
village
/x
Noun
vintage
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
weald
/
Name
western
/x
Adjective, Name
wild
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
wise
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
wold
/
Name, Adjective
woods
/
Noun
world
/
Noun, Verb
worn
/
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
years
/
Noun
yeh
/
Noun
yellow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
yemen
/x
Name
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
zambia
/xx
Name
zimbabwe
x/x
Name
zion
/x
Name