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Another word for national

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Adjective

  1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people

      1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people:
      2. Maintained for or used by the people or community:
      3. Capitalized in shares of stock that can be traded on the open market:
      1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
      2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
      3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
      1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
    See also:

    specific

  2. Of, from, or within a country's own territory

      1. Being such by birth or origin:
      2. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
      3. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
      1. Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.
      2. Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic:
      3. Located, acting, or effective within the body.
      1. A place where one lives; a residence.
      2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
      3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
      1. Of or relating to the family or household:
      2. Fond of home life and household affairs.
      3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.
    See also:

    native

Noun

  1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled to the protection of a given state

      1. Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others:
      2. Prone; disposed:
      3. Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
      1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
      2. A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
      3. A civilian.
    See also:

    politics

    group

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Another word for national

Modifier

  1. Concerning a nation

      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people sharing a common cultural or national heritage and often sharing a common language or religion.
      2. Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries:
      3. Of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group:
      1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of an empire or a sovereign, especially an emperor or empress:
      2. Ruling over extensive territories or over colonies or dependencies:
      3. Having supreme authority; sovereign.
      1. Of or relating to a monarch.
      2. Of the rank of a monarch.
      3. Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
      1. Of or relating to a commune.
      2. Of or relating to a community.
      3. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.
      1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
      2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
      3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
      1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
      1. Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
      1. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society.
      1. Of or relating to human society and its modes of organization:
      2. Of or relating to rank and status in society:
      3. Of, relating to, or occupied with matters affecting human welfare:
      1. A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances:
      2. A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development:
      3. A mental or emotional condition:
      1. A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as chief of state; a ruler or monarch.
      2. A national governing council or committee.
      3. A nation that governs territory outside its borders.
      1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state:
      2. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of political parties or politicians:
      3. Interested or active in politics:
      1. Of, relating to, or being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while retaining certain residual powers of government.
      2. Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units.
      3. Of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinct from the governments of its member units.
    See also:

    public

    governmental

  2. Operative throughout a nation

    See also:

    general

Noun
      1. Being such by birth or origin:
      2. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
      3. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
      1. One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident:
      1. Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others:
      2. Prone; disposed:
      3. Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
      1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
      2. A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
      3. A civilian.
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Sentence Examples

  • The crime was national headline news.

  • According to the National Weather Service, this is a doozy of a storm.

  • If she did, she'd be on national TV!

  • The national weather forecast on television was calling for light snow in Arkansas.

  • Our national character is centered on optimism.

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