Synonyms of Blighty

Blighty

noun

chiefly British

as in country

Related Words

• country
• hometown
• roots
• old country
• nativity
• birthplace
• motherland
• home
• cradle
• mother country

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Blighty

The scene plays out like a Blighty version of A Few Good Men, with Dalton in the Tom Cruise role, deftly provoking Livingston into a confession. — Jack King, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025

According to The Associated Press, more than 29,000 people have hit the shores of Blighty this year on small boats, after over 46,000 last year. — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023

Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022. — Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023

The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers. — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023

Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village. — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022