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

Children born to Italian citizens in the likes of the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and Monasterios’ native Venezuela were being judged to have lost their Italian citizenship if their parents naturalized in the new country. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Massachusetts voters rejected income tax eliminations in 2002 and 2008 that were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

The discussion draft proposal at Section 206 would authorize Treasury to waive that certification requirement for certain lower-income dual citizens with foreign tax homes who satisfy specified statutory conditions. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 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

Cartel and gang violence, cargo theft, and ransomware attacks loom large for most citizens, and so politicians repeatedly promise more action. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens to enforce them through the courts when the government does not act to address the problem. — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

The order called on Homeland Security to compile state-by-state lists of citizens who are eligible to vote. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal. — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026