local

Speech parts

1. local - Noun

2. local - Adjective

3. local - Adverb

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.

On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

indigenous native nearby municipal community limited close district city regional domestic narrow adjacent neighborhood provincial
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Antonyms

national international general foreign express distant
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Hypernyms

public transport anesthetic anaesthetic anesthetic agent anaesthetic agent

Hyponyms

lidocaine benzocaine procaine antipruritic butacaine ethyl chloride

Phrases with the word

local yokel local flavor local boy makes good buy local shop local eat local

Anagrams

Colla alloc

Examples

On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turns out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns. Margaret Thatcher

Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception. Tariq Ali

Rights may be universal, but their enforcement must be local. Murray Rothbard

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism. Ann Coulter

Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect. Russian Proverb

Wherever we live, we must observe the local custom. Indonesian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

loc. loc. cit. loca local abortuary local academy local access network