Word Type

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Verb

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "state" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

country

Capable Of

levy taxes

Defined As

singular form of plural states

Derived Terms

Dervish state Efimov state Esdaile state Fock state Gibbs state Hartle-Hawking state Hospitality State Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Kachin State Kievan state Kyivan state Mon State New York state Rakhine State Rydberg state Shan State Slovak State State Mine Gully State Union of Serbia and Montenegro State of Mexico States Assembly States General States Provincial T-state W state Washington state all-state annexed state area state aspirant state battleground state bedroom state bellwether state border state chain-melted state change of state chief of state circular state civilization-state collaborationist state construct state deep state determinate state echo state network emphatic state enemy of the state ephemeral state ethno-state fifty-first state fifty-state strategy finite state machine finite-state automaton finite-state machine flag state flow state fugue state governed state great office of state head of state home state identical by state in a real state in a right state in a state in state in-state indeterminate state kin state liquid state machine mafia state minimal state minister of state narco-state nation state nation-state network state night-watchman state nominal state non state actor non-state non-state actor organ of state out-of-state oxidation state persistent vegetative state persistive vegetative state physical state prison state pro-state pronominal state pseudo-state pseudostate quantum state tomography re-state rentier state representational state transfer salute state satellite state secretary of state semi-state ship of state slave state software state solid-state solid-state device solid-state drive something is rotten in the state of Denmark state aid state and ancientry state capital state capitalism state capitalist state capture state church state diagram state electrician state enterprise state examination state fair state flower state funeral state house state it state line state liquor agency state machine state of affairs state of aggregation state of alarm state of being state of beingness state of emergency state of exception state of flux state of grace state of matter state of mind state of motion state of nature state of play state of siege state of the art state of war state owned enterprise state ownership state park state pattern state police state police officer state religion state school state secret state socialism state socialist state space state store state the obvious state trooper state variable state visit state within a state state-assisted state-capitalist state-level city state-level municipality state-of-the-art state-owned state-owned enterprise state-run statehood statelet stateside statesman statesmanship steady state theory steady-state sword of state there is something rotten in the state of Denmark thermodynamic state tipping-point state tributary state two-state solution unbound state upstate van der Waals equation of state withering away of the state world state yellow state zombie state

Etymologically Related To

status

Has Part

political leaders

Context

anthropology mathematics stochastic processes us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

administrative district administrative division advise attribute authorities chemical phenomenon denote emotional state executive department express give tongue to government political entity political unit propose refer regime spirit suggest territorial division utter verbalise verbalize

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Bayou State Bear State Bell state Big Bend State Blackwater State Blue Hen State Chinook State Cracker State Creole State Ecclesiastical State Flower State Gem State Hawaii State Lumber State Papal States State of Hawaii absolute state blue state bound state buffer state cat state character state city state client state cluster state continental state convention state deep state difficult situation end state excited state exigence exigency failed state federal state federated state feudatory state flyover state free state fugue state garrison state general state graph state green state ground state hole state iron state island state link state member state nanny state narco state night watchman state normative state party state police state prerogative state princely state pseudostate puppet state purple state quantum state red state rogue state rump state save state sea state solid state sovereign state steady state swing state transition state unitary state upstate vassal state wait state warfare state welfare state

Type Of (IsA)

administrative district attribute emotional state first order administrative division government point within system political entity political unit position within system unnatural thing

Made Of

counties

Manner Of

express

Parts (Meronyms)

circumstance

Part Of

united states

Related Terms

Crown department estate province statistics status

Related Terms

america any area autonomy being borders bureaucracy ceremony city state corporatism country country division country unit county crown dais declare degree department dignitary dignity division estate fact federation feudalism germany government jersey known land land area lord mesopotamia monarchy nation nation state national new new jersey notable political political division polity polyarchy pomp prince process province random random variable retain smaller smaller nation sovereign speak stately statistics status tribe unit united states university usa usa division virginia

Similar Terms

say

Synonym Network

country department of state express state of matter submit

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.