A republic is a nation whose head is not a king or queen, but a president.
Source: tatoeba (19251)
Republic
/ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/
Synonyms for "republic" (137 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
absolute monarchyallyarchduchyarchdukedomaristocracyautarchyautocracyautonomybody politicbuffer statecaptive nationchieftaincychieftainrycity statecity-statecoalition governmentcolonialismcolonycommonwealcommonwealth
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constitutional government
Strong matches (41)
constitutional monarchycountrycountydemocracydictatorshipdomaindominiondominion ruleduarchyduchydukedomduumviratedyarchyearldomemperyempirefederal governmentfederationfeudal systemfree city
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garrison stategerontocracygrand duchyheteronomyhierarchyhierocracyhome rulekingdomlandlimited monarchymandantmandatemandated territorymandateemandatory
Related words (68)
martial lawmeritocracymilitarismmilitary governmentmob rulemobocracymonarchynationnationalityneocolonialismochlocracyoligarchypantisocracypatriarchatepatriarchypolice statepolispolitypossessionpower
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principalityprincipateprotectorateprovincepuppet governmentpuppet regimepure democracyrealmregencyrepresentative democracyrepresentative governmentsatelliteself-determinationself-governmentseneschaltysettlementsocial democracysovereign nationstatestratocracysultanatesuperpowertechnocracyterritorythearchytheocracytoparchiatoparchytotalitarian governmenttotalitarian regimetriarchytriumviratetyrannywelfare state
Noun(14 words)
mexicomost state government-likeparaguayphilippinesrepresentative governmentrepublicsroman republicserbiasomaliatajikistantanzaniaturkeyturkmenistanuruguay
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: democracy, absolute monarchy, ally, ancient republic, archduchy.
- Sentence evidence is available for republic, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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Synonym selection checklist
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- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "republic"
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If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
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Final fit check
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesform of governmentpolitical system
More specific
1 entriesconstitutional republic
Collocations
6 entriesancient republicconstitutional republicmodern republicpeople's republicrepresentative governmentrepublican form of government
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
263 translations across 185 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- ареспублика noun (a type of state)
Adyghe
3 entries- жъугъэ къэрэл noun (a type of state)
- жъугъэхэку noun (a type of state)
- республик noun (a type of state)
Afrikaans
1 entries- republiek noun (a type of state)
Ainu
1 entries- レㇲプビリカ noun (a type of state)
Albanian
1 entries- republikë noun (a type of state)
Amharic
1 entries- ሬፑብሊክ noun (a type of state)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολιτεία noun (a type of state)
Antillean Creole
3 entries- répiblik noun (a type of state)
- wépiblik noun (a type of state)
- wépiblik noun (a type of state)
Arabic
4 entries- جمهوريه noun (a type of state)
- جُمْهُورِيَّة noun (a type of state)
- جُمْهُورِيَّة noun (a type of state)
- جُمْهُورِيَّة noun (a type of state)
Aragonese
1 entries- republica noun (a type of state)
Armenian
1 entries- հանրապետություն noun (a type of state)
Assamese
1 entries- প্ৰজাতন্ত্ৰ noun (a type of state)
Asturian
1 entries- república noun (a type of state)
Avar
1 entries- жумгьурият noun (a type of state)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- cümhuriyyət noun (a type of state)
- imrək noun (a type of state)
- respublika noun (a type of state)
Baluchi
2 entries- اُلُسراج noun (a type of state)
- راجمَستِری noun (a type of state)
Bashkir
2 entries- йөмһүриәте noun (a type of state)
- республика noun (a type of state)
Basque
1 entries- errepublika noun (a type of state)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Republik noun (a type of state)
Belarusian
1 entries- рэспу́бліка noun (a type of state)
Bengali
4 entries- গণরাজ্য noun (a type of state)
- গণরাষ্ট্র noun (a type of state)
- জনতন্ত্র noun (a type of state)
- জমহুরিয়ত noun (a type of state)
Breton
1 entries- republik noun (a type of state)
Bulgarian
1 entries- репу́блика noun (a type of state)
Burmese
1 entries- သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ noun (a type of state)
Buryat
2 entries- бүгэдэ найрамдаха улас noun (a type of state)
- республика noun (a type of state)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- респу́бліка noun (a type of state)
Catalan
1 entries- república noun (a type of state)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- جمھوریەت noun (a type of state)
Chechen
2 entries- пачхьалкх noun (a type of state)
- республик noun (a type of state)
Chinese
4 entries- гунхәгуй noun (a type of state)
- гунхәгуә noun (a type of state)
- мингуй noun (a type of state)
- республика noun (a type of state)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲏϣ noun (a type of state)
- ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥⲓⲱⲛ noun (a type of state)
Cornish
1 entries- repoblek noun (a type of state)
Corsican
1 entries- republica noun (a type of state)
Crimean Tatar
3 entries- cumhuriyet noun (a type of state)
- джумхуриет noun (a type of state)
- џумхуријет noun (a type of state)
Czech
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Danish
1 entries- republik noun (a type of state)
Dari
1 entries- جَمْهُورِی noun (a type of state)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ noun (a type of state)
Dutch
3 entries- gemenebest noun (a type of state)
- republiek noun (a type of state)
- vrijstaat noun (a type of state)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Erzya
1 entries- вейсветямо noun (a type of state)
Esperanto
1 entries- respubliko noun (a type of state)
Estonian
1 entries- vabariik noun (a type of state)
Extremaduran
1 entries- repúbrica noun (a type of state)
Faroese
2 entries- lýðveldi noun (a type of state)
- tjóðveldi noun (a type of state)
Finnish
1 entries- tasavalta noun (a type of state)
French
1 entries- république noun (a type of state)
Friulian
1 entries- republiche noun (a type of state)
Galician
1 entries- república noun (a type of state)
Gan Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Georgian
1 entries- რესპუბლიკა noun (a type of state)
German
1 entries- Republik noun (a type of state)
Greek
1 entries- δημοκρατία noun (a type of state)
Greenlandic
1 entries- republikki noun (a type of state)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગણતંત્ર noun (a type of state)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- repiblik noun (a type of state)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Hausa
1 entries- jamhuriya noun (a type of state)
Hawaiian
2 entries- aupuni pelekikena noun (a type of state)
- lepupalika noun (a type of state)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֶפּוּבְּלִיקָה noun (a type of state)
Hindi
3 entries- गणतंत्र noun (a type of state)
- गणराज्य noun (a type of state)
- जम्हूरियत noun (a type of state)
Hungarian
1 entries- köztársaság noun (a type of state)
Icelandic
1 entries- lýðveldi noun (a type of state)
Ido
1 entries- republiko noun (a type of state)
Indonesian
1 entries- republik noun (a type of state)
Ingrian
1 entries- respublikka noun (a type of state)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- جُمْهوری noun (a type of state)
Irish
1 entries- poblacht noun (a type of state)
Italian
1 entries- repubblica noun (a type of state)
Japanese
2 entries- 共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民国 noun (a type of state)
Jin Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Kabardian
1 entries- республикэ noun (a type of state)
Kalmyk
1 entries- республик noun (a type of state)
Kannada
1 entries- ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ noun (a type of state)
Karelian
1 entries- tažavalda noun (a type of state)
Kashubian
1 entries- repùblika noun (a type of state)
Kazakh
2 entries- жұмхұрият noun (a type of state)
- республика noun (a type of state)
Khakas
1 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
Khmer
1 entries- សាធារណរដ្ឋ noun (a type of state)
Korean
2 entries- 공화국 noun (a type of state)
- 민국 noun (a type of state)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- жумурият noun (a type of state)
- республика noun (a type of state)
- элиш noun (a type of state)
Ladino
3 entries- repúblika noun (a type of state)
- repúvlika noun (a type of state)
- ריפובליקה noun (a type of state)
Lao
1 entries- ສາທາລະນະລັດ noun (a type of state)
Latin
2 entries- rēs pūblica noun (a type of state)
- rēspūblica noun (a type of state)
Latvian
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Ligurian
1 entries- repùbrica noun (a type of state)
Lithuanian
1 entries- respublika noun (a type of state)
Livvi
1 entries- tazavaldu noun (a type of state)
Low German
2 entries- Republiek noun (a type of state)
- Republik noun (a type of state)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Lü
1 entries- ᦷᦂᧂᧈᦷᦆᧉᦷᦅᧉ noun (a type of state)
Macedonian
1 entries- република noun (a type of state)
Malagasy
1 entries- repoblika noun (a type of state)
Malay
1 entries- republik noun (a type of state)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഗണതന്ത്രം noun (a type of state)
Maltese
1 entries- repubblika noun (a type of state)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡤᡠᠩᡥᡝᡬᠣ noun (a type of state)
- ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ noun (a type of state)
Marathi
1 entries- प्रजासत्ताक noun (a type of state)
Middle French
1 entries- republique noun (a type of state)
Miyako
1 entries- 共和國 noun (a type of state)
Moksha
1 entries- республикась noun (a type of state)
Mongolian
4 entries- бүгд найрамдах засаг noun (a type of state)
- бүгд найрамдах улс noun (a type of state)
- ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ noun (a type of state)
- ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ noun (a type of state)
Māori
3 entries- ripapurika noun (a type of state)
- tūwehe noun (a type of state)
- whenua tūhake noun (a type of state)
Neapolitan
1 entries- repubbreca noun (a type of state)
Nepali
1 entries- गणतन्त्र noun (a type of state)
Nivkh
1 entries- рэспублиӄа noun (a type of state)
Nogai
2 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
- юмериети noun (a type of state)
Norman
1 entries- républyique noun (a type of state)
North Frisian
1 entries- republiik noun (a type of state)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- cimhûriyet noun (a type of state)
- komar noun (a type of state)
- republîk noun (a type of state)
- respublîk noun (a type of state)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
Northern Sami
1 entries- dásseváldi noun (a type of state)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- repabliki noun (a type of state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- republikk noun (a type of state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- republikk noun (a type of state)
Occitan
1 entries- republica noun (a type of state)
Odia
1 entries- ଗଣରାଜ୍ୟ noun (a type of state)
Okinawan
1 entries- 共和国 noun (a type of state)
Ossetian
1 entries- республикӕ noun (a type of state)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- جمهوریت noun (a type of state)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- репу́блика noun (a type of state)
Pashto
2 entries- جمهوريت noun (a type of state)
- ولسي حکومت noun (a type of state)
Persian
1 entries- جُمْهُورِی noun (a type of state)
Piedmontese
1 entries- repùblica noun (a type of state)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Republikj noun (a type of state)
Polish
2 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
- rzeczpospolita noun (a type of state)
Portuguese
1 entries- república noun (a type of state)
Punjabi
3 entries- لوکراج noun (a type of state)
- ਗਣਤੰਤਰ noun (a type of state)
- ਗਣਰਾਜ noun (a type of state)
Quechua
1 entries- ripuwlika noun (a type of state)
Romanian
1 entries- republică noun (a type of state)
Russian
1 entries- респу́блика noun (a type of state)
Rwanda-Rundi
2 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
- repubulika noun (a type of state)
Samogitian
1 entries- respoblėka noun (a type of state)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गणतन्त्र noun (a type of state)
Sardinian
2 entries- repùblica noun (a type of state)
- repùbrica noun (a type of state)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Republik noun (a type of state)
Scots
2 entries- republic noun (a type of state)
- republick noun (a type of state)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- comh-fhlaitheachd noun (a type of state)
- poblachd noun (a type of state)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- džumhurijet noun (a type of state)
- repùblika noun (a type of state)
- репу̀блика noun (a type of state)
- џумхуријет noun (a type of state)
Sicilian
2 entries- ripùbblica noun (a type of state)
- ripùbbrica noun (a type of state)
Silesian
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ජනරජය noun (a type of state)
Slovak
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Slovene
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Solon
3 entries- irḡeng gurung noun (a type of state)
- rēspublik noun (a type of state)
- uḡeri holēsolara gurung noun (a type of state)
Sotho
1 entries- rephaboliki noun (a type of state)
Southern Altai
1 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
Spanish
1 entries- república noun (a type of state)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- republiek noun (a type of state)
Swahili
1 entries- jamhuri noun (a type of state)
Swedish
1 entries- republik noun (a type of state)
Tagalog
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Tajik
2 entries- ҷумҳурият noun (a type of state)
- ҷумҳурӣ noun (a type of state)
Tamil
1 entries- குடியரசு noun (a type of state)
Tatar
2 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
- җөмһүрият noun (a type of state)
Telugu
1 entries- గణతంత్ర noun (a type of state)
Tetum
1 entries- repúblika noun (a type of state)
Thai
1 entries- สาธารณรัฐ noun (a type of state)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྤྱི་མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ noun (a type of state)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሪፓብሊክ noun (a type of state)
Tsonga
1 entries- riphabliki noun (a type of state)
Tswana
1 entries- rephaboliki noun (a type of state)
Turkish
1 entries- cumhuriyet noun (a type of state)
Turkmen
1 entries- respublika noun (a type of state)
Tuvan
1 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
Udmurt
1 entries- элькун noun (a type of state)
Ukrainian
1 entries- респу́бліка noun (a type of state)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- republika noun (a type of state)
Urdu
2 entries- جَمْہُورِیَت noun (a type of state)
- جَمْہُورِیَہ noun (a type of state)
Uyghur
1 entries- جۇمھۇرىيەت noun (a type of state)
Uzbek
2 entries- jumhuriyat noun (a type of state)
- respublika noun (a type of state)
Venda
1 entries- riphabuḽiki noun (a type of state)
Venetan
1 entries- repùblica noun (a type of state)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cộng hòa noun (a type of state)
Volapük
1 entries- repüblik noun (a type of state)
Walloon
1 entries- republike noun (a type of state)
Welsh
1 entries- gweriniaeth noun (a type of state)
West-Frisian
1 entries- republyk noun (a type of state)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Xiang Chinese
2 entries- 共和國 /共和国 noun (a type of state)
- 民國 /民国 noun (a type of state)
Yakut
2 entries- республика noun (a type of state)
- өрөспүүбүлүкэ noun (a type of state)
Yiddish
1 entries- רעפּובליק noun (a type of state)
Zhuang
2 entries- gunghozgoz noun (a type of state)
- minzgoz noun (a type of state)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
After the revolution, France became a republic.
Source: tatoeba (21657)
The colony declared independence and became a republic.
Source: tatoeba (46157)
The president of the republic is chosen by the people.
Source: tatoeba (48704)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "republic"?
Closest matches include democracy, absolute monarchy, ally, ancient republic, archduchy.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "republic"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.