COUNTRYMAN Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

countryman

noun

ˈkən-trē-mən

Definition of countryman

as in compatriot

a person living in or originally from the same country as another met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France

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as in peasant

an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature

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Recent Examples of countryman Now, after entering its 20th week at Number One, the track has cruised past her fellow countrymen and is the second longest-running Number One single in Billboard Hot 100 history. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 The Khmer Rouge group that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 was accused of genocide for causing the deaths of so many countrymen from executions, starvation and lack of medical care due to its radical policies. — Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 The righty continues to struggle against his fellow countryman Ohtani, who went 2 for 3 against Sugano with a homer. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Disliked, even hated, by millions of his countrymen, and despised by possibly billions abroad, Trump has a target on his back. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for countryman

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Noun

That is one more than compatriot Robin Roefs, the No 1 at Sunderland.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Closing out the evening at Louis Armstrong Stadium, American Learner Tien takes on Russian Karen Khachanov, hoping to join compatriots Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen in the last eight.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of compatriot

Noun

The long-range strikes by Ukraine have hit Russian military facilities, oil refineries and e-commerce hubs, seeking to undermine the Kremlin’s war effort and economy, as well as make ordinary citizens feel the consequences of the war.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
The settlers are Israeli citizens, and Israel’s defense minister recently announced plans to fully transfer law enforcement among settlers to the Israeli police.

— Ibrahim Hazboun, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of citizen

Noun

When Johnson was vice president and visiting Europe, there were reports filed by these British ambassadors in several countries that basically made fun of him as a hick.

— Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
So a bunch of hicks from Topeka were left up to our own devices of going down to Robert Hall and finding something that might be kind of cool.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of hick

Noun

Marlowe, the son of a poor Canterbury cobbler, and Shakespeare, the son of a Stratford glover and alderman, were both unlikely artistic geniuses, provincials in a nation in which social class was rigidly fixed.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2025
Sanders is a Catholic priest and former Augustinian provincial in California and lives in the Augustinian community in North Park.

— Gary Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025

Definition of provincial

Noun

Target recently received backlash for 'offensive' Halloween costume This comes on the heels of Target apologizing in late August for a Halloween circus clown costume that critics said appeared to conjure Blackface and 19th-century minstrel shows.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Cam Schlittler, no stranger to Boston beef, used an emoji to call Flemming a clown on an Instagram post.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

Kerry learned this the hard way after allowing Jordan to question what appeared to be a local yokel over the mysterious shooting at a Rushville high school football game.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
It was left to the feds in Boston to arrest Farwell, after Meatball’s local yokels adamantly refused to do anything other than try to broom the crime by one of their own.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of yokel

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