| Main Entry: | body politic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people as political whole |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, constituency, country, electorate, land, nation, polity, res publica, state, the people |
| 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: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
Synonyms: |
balloters, body of voters, body politic, citizenry, city, county, district, electorate, electors, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, voters, voting area, ward |
| Main Entry: | folk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
Synonyms: |
body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, ménage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe |
| 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: | nationality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of birth |
Synonyms: |
allegiance, body politic, citizenship, community, country, ethnic group, nation, native land, origin, political home, race, society |
| 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: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government, country |
Synonyms: |
body politic, commonwealth, community, federation, land, nation, republic, sovereignty, territory, union |
| Main Entry: | electorate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voters |
Synonyms: |
body politic, constituency, registered voters, voter |