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 talks surrounding Sunday alcohol sales recently arose during a citizens forum at a recent meeting, said City Administrator Jeff Dingman. — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

For example, everyone on the boat and probably innocent citizens in Dubrovnik can tell that Kat and Cooper are still an item. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Political pay is a sensitive issue in Singapore as ministers earn far more than most citizens and the prime minister's salary is among the highest for national leaders worldwide. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

In Johnson County, a group of concerned citizens advocated against the use of license plate-tracking cameras, leading the Gardner Police Department to pull the plug on Flock cameras in city limits. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, which further drove countries apart and into blocs, made decision-makers and ordinary citizens worry even more. — Da Wei, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2026

Students can learn that civic engagement is not an abstract concept, but something that Connecticut citizens have practiced and shaped at the highest levels of government. — Clarine Nardi Riddle, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

In this small city, citizens were brought together by frustration over large, corporate health systems that can seem to put profits over patients. — Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

For more than a century, Americans have commonly asked how public schools could do a better job of teaching people to be good citizens. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 Sep. 2026