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country

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of country

of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
  • plain country living among unpretentious people
Synonyms of country

bucolic, pastoral, rural, rustic (also rustical)
Words Related to country

backwoods, backwoodsy, countrified (also countryfied), provincial

agrarian, agricultural

nonurban, semirural
Near Antonyms of country

citified, urbanized

metropolitan, municipal

nonagricultural, nonfarm
Antonyms of country

urban

country

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of country

1 the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
  • a great love for my country
Synonyms of country

fatherland, home, homeland, mother country, motherland, sod
Words Related to country

old country

community, neighborhood
2 the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
  • out in the country, where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean
Synonyms of country

boondocks, boonies [slang], countryside, nowhere, sticks
Words Related to country

exurbia

backcountry, backwater, backwoods, bush, frontier, hinterland, outback, up-country

wild, wilderness
Phrases Synonymous with country

middle of nowhere
Near Antonyms of country

conurbation, megalopolis, urban sprawl
3 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 of country

commonwealth, land, nation, sovereignty (also sovranty), state
Words Related to country

city-state, ministate, nation-state

domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic

democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oligarchy, sovereign (also sovran), theocracy

fatherland, homeland, motherland

great power, power, sea power, superpower, world power

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