A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.
Source: tatoeba (1774)
Citizen
//ˈsɪtɪzən//
Synonyms for "citizen" (58 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
Related word relations
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3 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
13 entriesderived
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
76 entriesShowing 16 of 76 words.
Translations
379 translations across 100 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- burger noun (legal member of a state)
Albanian
1 entries- shtetas noun (legal member of a state)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολίτης noun (legal member of a state)
Arabic
4 entries- سَاكِن noun (resident of any particular place)
- سَاكِنَة noun (resident of any particular place)
- مَدَنِيَّة noun (civilian)
- مَدَنِيّ noun (civilian)
Armenian
2 entries- քաղաքացի noun (legal member of a state)
- քաղաքացի noun (legal resident of a city)
Asturian
1 entries- ciudadanu noun (legal member of a state)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- vətəndaş noun (legal member of a state)
- yurddaş noun (legal member of a state)
Bashkir
1 entries- граждан noun (legal member of a state)
Belarusian
4 entries- грамадзя́нка noun (legal member of a state)
- грамадзя́нін noun (legal member of a state)
- жы́цель noun (resident of any particular place)
- жы́целька noun (resident of any particular place)
Bengali
1 entries- নাগরিক noun (legal member of a state)
Bikol Central
1 entries- namamanwaan noun (legal member of a state)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гра́жданин noun (legal member of a state)
- гра́жданин noun (antonym to "subject")
- гра́жданка noun (legal member of a state)
- гра́жданка noun (antonym to "subject")
Burmese
1 entries- နိုင်ငံသား noun (legal member of a state)
Catalan
3 entries- ciutadana noun (legal member of a state)
- ciutadà noun (legal member of a state)
- ciutadà noun (legal resident of a city)
Cebuano
1 entries- lungsoranon noun (legal member of a state)
Chinese
2 entries- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 國民 /国民 noun (legal member of a state)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 國民 /国民 noun (legal member of a state)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 國民 /国民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 居民 noun (resident of any particular place)
- 市民 noun (antonym to "subject")
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- vatandaş noun (legal member of a state)
Czech
4 entries- civilista noun (civilian)
- civilistka noun (civilian)
- obyvatel noun (resident of any particular place)
- obyvatelka noun (resident of any particular place)
Danish
4 entries- borger noun (legal member of a state)
- civilist noun (civilian)
- indbygger noun (resident of any particular place)
- statsborger noun (legal member of a state)
Dutch
4 entries- burger noun (legal member of a state)
- burger noun (legal resident of a city)
- burger noun (resident of any particular place)
- burger noun (civilian)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 國民 /国民 noun (legal member of a state)
Erzya
3 entries- ошава noun (legal member of a state)
- ошаля noun (legal member of a state)
- ошломань noun (legal member of a state)
Esperanto
4 entries- civilulino noun (civilian)
- civilulo noun (civilian)
- civitanino noun (legal member of a state)
- civitano noun (legal member of a state)
Estonian
4 entries- eraisik noun (civilian)
- kodanik noun (legal member of a state)
- kodanik noun (antonym to "subject")
- kodanik noun (resident of any particular place)
Finnish
4 entries- kansalainen noun (legal member of a state)
- kansalainen noun (antonym to "subject")
- kansalainen noun (resident of any particular place)
- kansalainen noun (civilian)
French
4 entries- citoyen noun (legal member of a state)
- citoyen noun (legal resident of a city)
- citoyenne noun (legal member of a state)
- citoyenne noun (legal resident of a city)
Galician
2 entries- cidadá noun (legal member of a state)
- cidadán noun (legal member of a state)
Georgian
2 entries- მოქალაქე noun (legal member of a state)
- მოქალაქე noun (legal resident of a city)
German
4 entries- Bürger noun (legal member of a state)
- Bürger noun (legal resident of a city)
- Bürgerin noun (legal member of a state)
- Bürgerin noun (legal resident of a city)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰 noun (legal member of a state)
Greek
4 entries- δημότης noun (legal resident of a city)
- κάτοικος noun (resident of any particular place)
- πολίτης noun (legal member of a state)
- πολίτης noun (antonym to "subject")
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶזְרָח noun (civilian)
- אֶזְרָחִית noun (civilian)
- אֶזרָח noun (legal member of a state)
Hindi
2 entries- नागरिक noun (legal member of a state)
- शहरी noun (legal member of a state)
Hungarian
4 entries- civil noun (civilian)
- lakó noun (resident of any particular place)
- polgár noun (antonym to "subject")
- város polgára noun (legal resident of a city)
Icelandic
3 entries- borgari noun (legal resident of a city)
- ríkisborgari noun (legal member of a state)
- íbúi noun (legal resident of a city)
Indonesian
4 entries- rakyat noun (legal member of a state)
- warga noun (resident of any particular place)
- warga kota noun (legal resident of a city)
- warga negara noun (legal member of a state)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- شَهْرْوَنْد noun (legal member of a state)
Irish
4 entries- cathróir noun (legal resident of a city)
- cathróir noun (resident of any particular place)
- saoránach noun (legal member of a state)
- sibhialtach noun (civilian)
Italian
4 entries- cittadina noun (legal member of a state)
- cittadina noun (legal resident of a city)
- cittadina noun (resident of any particular place)
- cittadino noun (legal member of a state)
Japanese
4 entries- 人民 noun (antonym to "subject")
- 住民 noun (resident of any particular place)
- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 国民 noun (legal member of a state)
Kabyle
2 entries- aɣerman noun (legal member of a state)
- taɣermant noun (legal member of a state)
Kapampangan
1 entries- memalen noun (legal member of a state)
Kazakh
1 entries- азамат noun (legal member of a state)
Khmer
1 entries- ពលរដ្ឋ noun (legal member of a state)
Korean
4 entries- 국민 noun (legal member of a state)
- 민간인 noun (civilian)
- 시민 noun (legal resident of a city)
- 주민 noun (resident of any particular place)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- атуул noun (legal member of a state)
- гражданин noun (legal member of a state)
- жаран noun (legal member of a state)
Lao
1 entries- ພົນລະເມືອງ noun (legal member of a state)
Latin
2 entries- burgēnsis noun (legal resident of a city)
- cīvis noun (legal member of a state)
Latvian
4 entries- civiliste noun (civilian)
- civilists noun (civilian)
- pilsone noun (legal member of a state)
- pilsonis noun (legal member of a state)
Lithuanian
4 entries- civilis noun (civilian)
- civilisė noun (civilian)
- pilietis noun (legal member of a state)
- pilietė noun (legal member of a state)
Livvi
1 entries- kanzalaine noun (legal member of a state)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Bierger noun (legal resident of a city)
- Biergerin noun (legal resident of a city)
Macedonian
4 entries- граѓанин noun (legal member of a state)
- граѓанин noun (antonym to "subject")
- граѓанин noun (legal resident of a city)
- граѓанка noun (legal member of a state)
Malay
1 entries- warganegara noun (legal member of a state)
Malayalam
2 entries- പൗരൻ noun (legal member of a state)
- പൗരൻ noun (civilian)
Maltese
1 entries- ċittadin noun (legal member of a state)
Marathi
1 entries- नागरिक noun (legal member of a state)
Middle High German
1 entries- burgære noun (legal member of a state)
Mongolian
2 entries- иргэн noun (legal member of a state)
- ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ noun (legal member of a state)
Māori
2 entries- kirirarau noun (legal member of a state)
- tangatawhenua noun (legal member of a state)
Norman
4 entries- citouoyen noun (legal member of a state)
- citouoyen noun (legal resident of a city)
- citouoyenne noun (legal member of a state)
- citouoyenne noun (legal resident of a city)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- hevwelatî noun (legal member of a state)
- welatvan noun (legal member of a state)
- welatî noun (legal member of a state)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- borger noun (legal member of a state)
- innbygger noun (resident of any particular place)
- sivilist noun (civilian)
- statsborger noun (legal member of a state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- borgar noun (legal member of a state)
- statsborgar noun (legal member of a state)
Occitan
2 entries- ciutadan noun (legal member of a state)
- ciutadana noun (legal member of a state)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- граждан noun (legal member of a state)
- граждан noun (legal resident of a city)
- гражданка noun (legal member of a state)
- гражданка noun (legal resident of a city)
Pashto
4 entries- تابع noun (legal member of a state)
- تبعه noun (legal member of a state)
- رعيت noun (legal member of a state)
- وګړى noun (legal member of a state)
Persian
1 entries- غِیرنِظامی noun (civilian)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Birja noun (legal member of a state)
Polish
4 entries- cywil noun (civilian)
- mieszkaniec noun (legal resident of a city)
- mieszkaniec noun (resident of any particular place)
- mieszkanka noun (resident of any particular place)
Portuguese
4 entries- cidadã noun (legal member of a state)
- cidadão noun (legal member of a state)
- cidadão noun (antonym to "subject")
- citadina noun (legal resident of a city)
Romanian
4 entries- cetățean noun (legal member of a state)
- cetățeană noun (legal member of a state)
- civil noun (civilian)
- civilă noun (civilian)
Russian
4 entries- горожа́нин noun (legal resident of a city)
- горожа́нка noun (legal resident of a city)
- гражда́нка noun (legal member of a state)
- гражда́нка noun (antonym to "subject")
Scots
1 entries- ceetizen noun (legal member of a state)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- saoranach noun (legal member of a state)
- saoranach noun (legal resident of a city)
- saoranach noun (resident of any particular place)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- civilistica noun (civilian)
- civìlist noun (civilian)
- civìlistkinja noun (civilian)
- cìvīl noun (civilian)
Shan
1 entries- ၵူၼ်းမိူင်း noun (legal member of a state)
Sinhalese
2 entries- පුරවැසියා noun (legal member of a state)
- පුරවැසියා noun (legal resident of a city)
Slovak
4 entries- civilista noun (civilian)
- civilistka noun (civilian)
- obyvateľ noun (resident of any particular place)
- obyvateľka noun (resident of any particular place)
Slovene
4 entries- civilist noun (civilian)
- civilistka noun (civilian)
- državljan noun (legal member of a state)
- državljanka noun (legal member of a state)
Spanish
2 entries- ciudadana noun (legal member of a state)
- ciudadano noun (legal member of a state)
Swahili
1 entries- mwananchi noun (legal member of a state)
Swedish
4 entries- civilist noun (civilian)
- innevånare noun (legal resident of a city)
- innevånare noun (resident of any particular place)
- medborgare noun (legal member of a state)
Tagalog
1 entries- mamamayan noun (legal member of a state)
Tajik
3 entries- гражданин noun (legal member of a state)
- шаҳрванд noun (legal member of a state)
- ғайринизомӣ noun (civilian)
Tamil
4 entries- குடிமகன் noun (legal member of a state)
- குடிமகள் noun (legal member of a state)
- குடிமக்கள் noun (legal member of a state)
- பிரஜை noun (legal member of a state)
Tatar
1 entries- ватандаш noun (legal member of a state)
Thai
1 entries- พลเมือง noun (legal member of a state)
Turkish
4 entries- halk noun (civilian)
- sivil noun (civilian)
- vatandaş noun (legal member of a state)
- yurttaş noun (legal member of a state)
Turkmen
2 entries- grajjdan noun (legal member of a state)
- raýat noun (legal member of a state)
Ukrainian
4 entries- громадя́нин noun (legal member of a state)
- громадя́нка noun (legal member of a state)
- жи́тель noun (resident of any particular place)
- жи́телька noun (resident of any particular place)
Urdu
2 entries- شَہْری noun (legal member of a state)
- ناگْرِک noun (legal member of a state)
Uyghur
2 entries- پۇقرا noun (legal member of a state)
- گراژدان noun (legal member of a state)
Uzbek
2 entries- grajdan noun (legal member of a state)
- shaharlik noun (legal member of a state)
Vietnamese
1 entries- công dân noun (legal member of a state)
Welsh
2 entries- dinesydd noun (legal member of a state)
- dinesydd noun (civilian)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 公民 noun (legal member of a state)
- 國民 /国民 noun (legal member of a state)
Yiddish
1 entries- בירגער noun (legal member of a state)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
A passport identifies you as a citizen of a country and allows you to travel to foreign countries.
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And so each citizen plays an indispensable role.
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Every citizen ought to help them.
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