country

Speech parts

1. country - Noun

2. country - Adjective

Meaning

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

The rock through which a vein runs.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

commonwealth state land nation kingdom area homeland realm territory terrain rural area republic fatherland people region
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Antonyms

metropolitan metropolis city urban town kingdom
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Hypernyms

people region political unit political entity administrative division geographic area

Hyponyms

irish kingdom british dutch french english

Related terms

countrify go country countrylike countryish

Phrases with the word

God's country country mouse God's own country it's a free country for home and country by a country mile

Derivatives

countries

Examples

it was a mountainous area Source: Internet

Bible country Source: Internet

the state has elected a new president Source: Internet

African nations Source: Internet

students who had come to the nation's capitol Source: Internet

the country's largest manufacturer Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

countrifiedness countrify countrol country and western country area country baby