| 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: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
Synonyms: |
association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground, territory, turf |
| 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 |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Main Entry: | empire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place ruled by sovereign; rule |
Synonyms: |
authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
Synonyms: |
asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, lands, monarchy, nation, possessions, principality, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, suzerainty, sway, territory, throne, tract |
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
Synonyms: |
body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, principality, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humankind, people |
Synonyms: |
association, camaraderie, civilization, commonality, commonwealth, community, companionship, company, comradeship, culture, friendship, general public, humanity, jungle*, nation, population, public, rat race, social order, world, zoo |
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government, country |
Synonyms: |
body politic, commonwealth, community, federation, land, nation, republic, sovereignty, territory, union |