| Main Entry: | citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person native of country |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter |
| Notes: | a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | civilian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonmilitary person |
Synonyms: |
citizen, civ, civvie, commoner, noncombatant, private citizen, subject |
| Main Entry: | commonwealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political or geographic area |
Synonyms: |
body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society |
| Notes: | a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voting |
Synonyms: |
balloter, citizen, electing, electoral, official, overruling |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political territory; nation |
Synonyms: |
citizenry, citizens, commonwealth, community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants, kingdom, land, native land, patria, people, polity, populace, public, realm, region, society, soil, sovereign state, state, terrain, voters |
| Main Entry: | denizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resident |
Synonyms: |
citizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, inhabiter, liver, national, native, occupant, resider, subject |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | inhabitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is resident of habitation |
Synonyms: |
aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | native |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person born in the country in which he/she dwells |
Synonyms: |
aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, autochthon, citizen, dweller, home towner, indigene, inhabitant, local, national |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant, stranger |
| Main Entry: | people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human beings |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, bodies, body politic, bourgeois, cats, citizens, clan, common people, commonality, community, crowd, family, folk, folks, general public, heads, herd, hoi polloi, horde, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, inhabitants, kin, masses, mob, mortals, multitude, nation, nationality, person in the street, persons, plebeians, populace, population, proletariat, public, rabble, race, rank and file, riffraff, society, tribe |
Antonyms: |
animals, plants |
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people of community; people interested in something |
Synonyms: |
audience, bodies, buyers, citizens, clientele, commonalty, community, country, electorate, everyone, followers, following, heads, masses, men and women, mob, multitude, nation, patrons, people, populace, population, society, suite, supporters, voters |