Synonyms of citizens

citizens

noun

plural of citizen

1

as in nationals

a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it

conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nationals
• residents
• subjects
• freemen
• inhabitants
• countrymen
• natives
• compatriots
• nonimmigrants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aliens
• foreigners
• strangers
• immigrants
• noncitizens
• nonnatives

2

as in villagers

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis

claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• villagers
• residents
• inhabitants
• natives
• townsmen
• occupants
• burghers
• townspeople
• residers
• towns
• nationals
• habitants
• dwellers
• townies
• denizens
• townsfolk
• townswomen
• subjects
• suburbanites
• cliff dwellers
• urbanites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visitors
• foreigners
• noncitizens
• tourists
• guests
• aliens
• transients
• nonnatives
• gownsmen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of citizens

The review was criticized at the time for comparing the United States to Denmark, a much smaller county that provides universal health care to its citizens. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

But for the roughly 60 poor countries that lack the capacity to perform basic responsibilities for their citizens, the last year and a half have been especially tough. — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Eligible citizens can visit the registrar’s office during business hours before the new deadline to get their candidacy documents, the office said. — Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026

In June, the Supreme Court affirmed that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country are citizens at birth. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Harari and many proponents of the ethical view of affective sentientism want suffering to be the defining criterion that protects conscious beings from becoming second-class citizens to intelligent machines. — Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

According to officials in Ukraine, several hundred Ukrainian citizens serving sentences for collaboration and similar offenses have expressed willingness to be sent to Russia. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Despite the very best efforts of writers, cast and crew, Rhaenyra, her evil half-brothers and all their fellow citizens were never Martin’s main characters. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

The Florida Department of Education is developing rules to adopt enrollment requirements that would make CTE programs only available to citizens or students lawfully present in the United States. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026