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national

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of national

of or relating to a nation
  • played the home team's national anthem before the start of the soccer game
Synonyms of national

civil, public
Words Related to national

civic, federal, municipal

government, governmental

democratic, republican

nationwide
Near Antonyms of national

global, international

alien, external, foreign
Antonyms of national

nonnational

national

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of national

a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
  • recommended that foreign nationals living in the region stay alert
Synonyms of national

citizen, freeman, subject
Words Related to national

compatriot, countryman

inhabitant, native, nonimmigrant, resident
Near Antonyms of national

foreigner, stranger

immigrant, nonnative
Antonyms of national

alien, noncitizen

Synonym Discussion of national

citizen, subject, national mean a person owing allegiance to and entitled to the protection of a sovereign state. citizen is preferred for one owing allegiance to a state in which sovereign power is retained by the people and sharing in the political rights of those people.
    • the rights of a free citizen
subject implies allegiance to a personal sovereign such as a monarch.
    • the king's subjects
national designates one who may claim the protection of a state and applies especially to one living or traveling outside that state.
    • American nationals working in the Middle East

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