Synonyms of countrymen

countrymen

noun

plural of countryman

1

as in compatriots

a person living in or originally from the same country as another

met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compatriots
• citizens
• nationals
• landsmen
• patriots
• nationalists
• countrywomen
• residents
• natives
• aborigines
• subjects

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• immigrants
• foreigners
• aliens
• outsiders

2

as in peasants

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peasants
• provincials
• rustics
• hicks
• mountaineers
• clowns
• yokels
• bumpkins
• rubes
• hayseed
• churls
• clodhoppers
• cornballs
• boors
• greenhorns
• chawbacons
• peons
• louts
• oafs
• clods
• backwoodsmen
• gawks
• tenderfeet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cosmopolitans
• sophisticates
• suburbanites
• urbanites
• cosmopolites
• slickers
• smoothies
• metropolitans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of countrymen

Knowing how dire the situation is for his fellow countrymen is one reason Nazaryna accepts the discomfort of Shakhtar’s travel arrangements. — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

In some obscure way, Shawn felt responsible for protecting the stranger against the slights of his unyielding countrymen. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Swan Song is not exactly endearing Spencer to his countrymen, who generally struggle to sympathize with an indiscreet Old Etonian with a fourth wife and a Northamptonshire-size chip on his shoulder. — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

One of his countrymen, Javier Giner, also arrives at the San Sebastián Film Festival with his first movie. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

He was haunted by Switzerland’s position of neutrality during the fight against the Nazis, and he was troubled by the accommodations his prosperous countrymen were willing to make after the war to maintain their comfortable detachment. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Like his fellow countrymen, Marrero — a third-year computer science student at the Agrarian University of Havana — has become adept at adapting. — Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

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 1975–79 was accused of genocide for causing the deaths of so many of their countrymen from executions, starvation, and lack of medical care due to its radical policies. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026