A republic is a nation whose head is not a king or queen, but a president.
Source: tatoeba (19251)
Nation
/ˈneɪʃən/
Synonyms for "nation" (252 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (51)
Noun(29 words)
allyanimal kingdomarchduchyarchdukedombloodbody politicbreedbroodbuffer statecaptive nationchieftaincychieftainrycitizenrycity statecity-stateclanclasscolonycommon mancommonweal
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Strong matches (75)
community at largeconstituencycountrycountycultural communityculturedemedomaindominionduchydukedomdwellersearldomemperyempireestateethnic groupeverybodyeverymaneveryone
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everywomanfamilyfolkfolksfree citygeneral publicgensgentrygrand duchyhabitancyhouseinhabitantinhabitantsjohn doekindkingdomland
Noun(34 words)
Adjective(3 words)
geographic stategerman staatindependent state
Verb(1 words)
Related words (126)
Noun(62 words)
latvialebanonlesotholiberialiechtensteinlithuanialuxembourgmacedoniamadagascarmalawimalimauritaniemexicomikmaqmongoliamontenegromoroccomost state government-likemozambiquemuritaniya
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myanmarnicaraguaomanpakistanpanamaparaguaypeoplepeoplesperuphilippinespolitical entityqatarrealmres publicarussiarwandascotlandseminolessenecaserbiaseychellessloveniasomaliasovereignspainspanish estadostate the resultssudansurinametadzhikistantajikistantanzaniatunisiaturkeyturkmenistanugandaukraineummahuruguayvietnamzairezimbabwe
linelineagelinguistic communityman in the streetmandantmandatemandated territorymandateemandatorymatriclanmenmonarchynationalityorderpatriclanpeoplepeople at largepeople in generalpersonsphratry
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phyleplant kingdompolispolitypopulacepopulationpossessionpowerprincipalityprincipateprotectorateprovincepublicpuppet governmentpuppet regimeracerealmrepublicsatelliteseneschaltyseptsettlementsocietysovereign nationspeciesspeech communitystatestemstirpsstockstrainsultanatesuperpowerterritorytoparchiatoparchytotemtribewhole peopleworldyou and me
Adjective(3 words)
national adjectivenew statesswedish land
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: country, land, state, afghanistan, albania.
- Sentence evidence is available for nation, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "nation".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "nation"
Keep "nation" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "nation" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "nation", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "nation" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesconfederacyconfederationcountrycultural groupfederationgeopolitical unitpeoplepolitical entitypolitical unitsocial group
More specific
3 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
197 translations across 130 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- цӏыфы лъэпкъ noun (community of people)
Afrikaans
2 entries- nasie noun (community of people)
- volk noun (community of people)
Albanian
1 entries- komb noun (community of people)
Amharic
1 entries- ብሔር noun (community of people)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔθνος noun (community of people)
Arabic
2 entries- أُمَّة noun (community of people)
- قَوْم noun (community of people)
Aramaic
2 entries- אוּמְּתָא noun (community of people)
- ܐܘܡܬܐ noun (community of people)
Armenian
2 entries- ազգ noun (community of people)
- ժողովուրդ noun (community of people)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- millət noun (community of people)
Bashkir
1 entries- милләт noun (community of people)
Belarusian
2 entries- на́цыя noun (community of people)
- наро́д noun (community of people)
Bengali
3 entries- উম্মত noun (community of people)
- কওম noun (community of people)
- মিল্লত noun (community of people)
Breton
1 entries- broad noun (community of people)
Bulgarian
2 entries- на́ция noun (community of people)
- наро́д noun (community of people)
Burmese
3 entries- ပြည်သူပြည်သား noun (community of people)
- လူမျိုး noun (community of people)
- လူမျိုးသည် noun (community of people)
Catalan
1 entries- nació noun (community of people)
Cebuano
1 entries- nasod noun (community of people)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نەتەوە noun (community of people)
Chavacano
1 entries- nacion noun (community of people)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ noun (community of people)
- ᎠᏰᎵᎯ noun (community of people)
Chichewa
1 entries- fuko noun (community of people)
Chinese
3 entries- жынмин noun (community of people)
- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Chukchi
1 entries- варат noun (community of people)
Church Slavic
1 entries- народъ noun (community of people)
Czech
1 entries- národ noun (community of people)
Danish
1 entries- nation noun (community of people)
Dutch
2 entries- natie noun (community of people)
- volk noun (community of people)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Esperanto
1 entries- nacio noun (community of people)
Estonian
2 entries- natsioon noun (community of people)
- rahvus noun (community of people)
Faroese
1 entries- tjóð noun (community of people)
Finnish
1 entries- kansa noun (community of people)
French
1 entries- nation noun (community of people)
Galician
1 entries- nación noun (community of people)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
Georgian
3 entries- ერი noun (community of people)
- ნაცია noun (community of people)
- ხალხი noun (community of people)
German
2 entries- Nation noun (community of people)
- Volk noun (community of people)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 noun (community of people)
Greek
1 entries- έθνος noun (community of people)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- nasyon noun (community of people)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lāhui noun (community of people)
Hebrew
2 entries- אומה \ אֻמָּה noun (community of people)
- לְאוֹם noun (community of people)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- nasyon noun (community of people)
- pungsud noun (community of people)
Hindi
3 entries- क़ौम noun (community of people)
- मिल्लत noun (community of people)
- समाज noun (community of people)
Hungarian
1 entries- nemzet noun (community of people)
Icelandic
1 entries- þjóð noun (community of people)
Ido
1 entries- naciono noun (community of people)
Ilocano
2 entries- nasion noun (community of people)
- pagilian noun (community of people)
Indonesian
1 entries- bangsa noun (community of people)
Ingrian
2 entries- kansa noun (community of people)
- rahvas noun (community of people)
Ingush
1 entries- халкъ noun (community of people)
Interlingua
1 entries- nation noun (community of people)
Irish
1 entries- náisiún noun (community of people)
Italian
1 entries- nazione noun (community of people)
Japanese
1 entries- 国民 noun (community of people)
Javanese
1 entries- bangsa noun (community of people)
Jin Chinese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Kazakh
2 entries- ұлт noun (community of people)
- ұлыс noun (community of people)
Khmer
4 entries- ជាតិ noun (community of people)
- ប្រជា noun (community of people)
- ប្រជាជន noun (community of people)
- ប្រជាជាតិ noun (community of people)
Korean
1 entries- 국민 noun (community of people)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- журт noun (community of people)
- улут noun (community of people)
Lao
2 entries- ປະຊາຊາດ noun (community of people)
- ປະຊາຊົນ noun (community of people)
Latgalian
1 entries- tauta noun (community of people)
Latin
1 entries- gēns noun (community of people)
Latvian
2 entries- nācija noun (community of people)
- tauta noun (community of people)
Ligurian
1 entries- naçión noun (community of people)
Lithuanian
3 entries- nacija noun (community of people)
- tauta noun (community of people)
- tautybė noun (community of people)
Livvi
1 entries- kanzu noun (community of people)
Low German
2 entries- Natschoon noun (community of people)
- Volk noun (community of people)
Lushootseed
1 entries- swatixʷtəd noun (community of people)
Macedonian
2 entries- народ noun (community of people)
- нација noun (community of people)
Malay
1 entries- bangsa noun (community of people)
Malayalam
1 entries- രാജ്യം noun (community of people)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᡵᠰᡝ noun (community of people)
Manx
1 entries- ashoon noun (community of people)
Middle English
1 entries- nacioun noun (community of people)
Mongolian
2 entries- үндэстэн noun (community of people)
- ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ noun (community of people)
Māori
1 entries- iwi noun (community of people)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- twaifa noun (community of people)
Norman
1 entries- nâtion noun (community of people)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nasjon noun (community of people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nasjon noun (community of people)
Occitan
1 entries- nacion noun (community of people)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- народъ noun (community of people)
Old English
1 entries- þēod noun (community of people)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایل noun (community of people)
- قوم noun (community of people)
- ملت noun (community of people)
Pa'O
2 entries- ခမ်းသားထီသား noun (community of people)
- လိုꩻခွိုꩻ noun (community of people)
Pali
1 entries- raṭṭha noun (community of people)
Pashto
2 entries- ملت noun (community of people)
- ولس noun (community of people)
Persian
1 entries- مِلَّت noun (community of people)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Volkj (nds) noun (community of people)
Polish
2 entries- nacja noun (community of people)
- naród noun (community of people)
Portuguese
1 entries- nação noun (community of people)
Romanian
1 entries- națiune noun (community of people)
Romansch
1 entries- naziun noun (community of people)
Russian
2 entries- на́ция noun (community of people)
- наро́д noun (community of people)
Sanskrit
1 entries- राष्ट्र noun (community of people)
Scots
1 entries- thede noun (community of people)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- nàisean noun (community of people)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- národ noun (community of people)
- nȃcija noun (community of people)
- на́род noun (community of people)
- на̑ција noun (community of people)
Slovak
1 entries- národ noun (community of people)
Slovene
1 entries- narod noun (community of people)
Somali
2 entries- qaran noun (community of people)
- ummad noun (community of people)
Sotho
2 entries- sechaba noun (community of people)
- setjhaba noun (community of people)
Southern Altai
4 entries- аймак noun (community of people)
- калык noun (community of people)
- улус noun (community of people)
- эл noun (community of people)
Spanish
1 entries- nación noun (community of people)
Swahili
1 entries- taifa noun (community of people)
Swedish
1 entries- nation noun (community of people)
Tagalog
2 entries- bansa noun (community of people)
- lipunan noun (community of people)
Tajik
1 entries- миллат noun (community of people)
Tamil
1 entries- நாடு noun (community of people)
Tatar
1 entries- милләт noun (community of people)
Telugu
1 entries- జాతి noun (community of people)
Thai
2 entries- ประชาชน noun (community of people)
- ประชาชาติ noun (community of people)
Tumbuka
1 entries- fuko noun (community of people)
Turkish
2 entries- millet noun (community of people)
- ulus noun (community of people)
Turkmen
2 entries- millet noun (community of people)
- ýurt noun (community of people)
Ukrainian
2 entries- на́ція noun (community of people)
- наро́д noun (community of people)
Urdu
1 entries- قَوم noun (community of people)
Uyghur
1 entries- مىللەت noun (community of people)
Uzbek
2 entries- millat noun (community of people)
- ulus noun (community of people)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dân tộc noun (community of people)
Welsh
1 entries- cenedl noun (community of people)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Xiang Chinese
2 entries- 人民 noun (community of people)
- 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָלק noun (community of people)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Every nation has its peculiar character.
Source: tatoeba (21755)
We are a peace-loving nation.
Source: tatoeba (22674)
England is a great nation.
Source: tatoeba (26136)
Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "nation"?
Closest matches include country, land, state, afghanistan, albania.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "nation"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.