Synonyms and antonyms of General words for countries in American Thesaurus

nation (noun)

a country that has its own land and government

republic (noun)

a country that is ruled by a president or other leader that people vote for, rather than by a king or queen

democracy (noun)

a country that has democracy

monarchy (noun)

a country that is ruled by a king or queen

federation (noun)

a country made up of individual states with the power to make their own decisions, but with a national government responsible for areas such as foreign policy and defense

oligarchy (noun)

a country governed by a small group of people. Someone in this group is called an oligarch.

protectorate (noun)

a country that is defended and controlled by a more powerful country

dictatorship (noun)

a country controlled by someone who takes power by force and does not allow fair elections

state (noun)

a nation, or a country

power (noun)

a country that is able to influence other countries because of its economic or military strength

autarky (noun)

a country that has autarky

autocracy (noun)

a country or organization that is completely controlled by one person

buffer state (noun)

a country that is between two other countries that are enemies but is not involved in the argument or war between them

client state (noun)

a country that depends on another country for economic help or military protection so that it is to some degree controlled by it

colony (noun)

a country that is controlled by another country

constitutional monarchy (noun)

a country ruled by a king or queen whose powers are limited by a constitution

the country (noun)

an area of land that has its own government and official borders

dependency (noun)

a country that is controlled by another country

Dominion (noun)

old-fashioned a country that belonged to the British Commonwealth in the past

emirate (noun)

a country ruled by an emir

kleptocracy (noun)

showing disapproval a country that is run as a kleptocracy

LDC (noun)

a less developed country

LECD (noun)

less economically developed country: a country that is fairly poor and does not have much industrial development

less developed country (noun)

a fairly poor country without much industrial development

nationhood (noun)

the fact that a place is a nation

nation state (noun)

an independent country, especially one in which all the people share the same language and culture

plutocracy (noun)

a country governed by a group of rich people

police state (noun)

a country where the government controls people’s freedom and uses the police to check that people are obeying its rules

rainbow nation (noun)

mainly journalism a country that contains people of many different races

satellite (noun)

a country that depends on another, more powerful, country

social democracy (noun)

a country where there is social democracy

sultanate (noun)

a country that is ruled by a sultan

superpower (noun)

a country that has great military, economic, and political power

welfare state (noun)

a country that takes care of its citizens by providing social and financial support

world power (noun)

a country that has a lot of power and influence over other countries in the world