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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

Words Related to national

civic, federal, municipal

government, governmental

domestic, internal, intestine

democratic, republican

Near Antonyms of national

global, international

alien, external, foreign

Antonyms of national

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 evacuate immediately

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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