Synonyms of countries

countries

noun

plural of country

1

as in homes

the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship

a great love for my country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• homes
• homelands
• motherlands
• mother countries
• sods
• fatherlands
• old countries
• communities
• neighborhoods

2

as in states

a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government

usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president

Synonyms & Similar Words

• states
• nations
• commonwealths
• kingdoms
• republics
• provinces
• lands
• democracies
• empires
• dictatorships
• nation-states
• monarchies
• sovereignties
• domains
• city-states
• principalities
• microstates
• sovereigns
• homelands
• ministates
• emirates
• realms
• duchies
• dominions
• sultanates
• colonies
• theocracies
• settlements
• mandates
• dependencies
• dukedoms
• superpowers
• oligarchies
• seigniories
• client states
• trust territories
• world powers
• soil
• great powers
• powers
• monocracies
• fatherlands
• sea powers
• welfare states
• condominiums
• motherlands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of countries

Iceland is also a member of the Schengen Area, which allows passport-free travel between it and other participating European countries. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Solar attracted the most investment among renewable energy subsectors during the first six months of the year as countries rush to build capacity as worries grow that global wars will continue squeezing energy supplies. — Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Painstaking analysis of 319 tons of wreckage and thousands of pieces of evidence from a crime scene covering 845 square miles, along with thousands of interviews in 16 countries, eventually led investigators to two Libyan intelligence operatives. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026

Four countries — China, Iraq, the UAE and Turkey — accounted for more than two-thirds of its non-oil exports. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

The rise and fall of a designation When the State Department created the state sponsor of terrorism list in December 1979 under the Export Administration Act, Syria joined fellow Middle Eastern countries Libya, Iraq and South Yemen on it. — Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

There are also 65 Americans, 53 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 35 Australians, 33 British, 25 Canadians, and smaller numbers of people from more than two dozen other countries, according to the tourism board. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

There are also concerns that Russia is not taking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat of secondary sanctions on countries doing business with Iran seriously. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

The group noted that more than 140,000 Haitians have been deported from neighboring countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the first half of the year alone. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026