Synonyms for national
ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəlna·tion·al

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1. national, subjectadjective

   a person who owes allegiance to that nation

   "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

   Synonyms:
   theme, content, topic, subject, issue, discipline, case, subject area, matter, depicted object, study, guinea pig, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   supranational, local, global, transnational, internationalist, foreign, world(a), world-wide, planetary, internationalistic, international, worldwide, private, multinational

2. nationaladjective

   of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

   "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   foreign, global, multinational, local, international, world(a), world-wide, transnational, internationalist, internationalistic, worldwide, supranational, planetary, private

3. nationaladjective

   limited to or in the interests of a particular nation

   "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   global, supranational, internationalist, transnational, planetary, multinational, world-wide, local, foreign, worldwide, internationalistic, private, world(a), international

4. nationaladjective

   concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country

   "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   worldwide, planetary, internationalistic, world-wide, private, transnational, multinational, global, local, foreign, world(a), internationalist, supranational, international

5. nationaladjective

   owned or maintained for the public by the national government

   "national parks"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   world(a), international, internationalistic, internationalist, foreign, world-wide, planetary, supranational, transnational, multinational, global, local, private, worldwide

6. home(a), interior(a), internal, nationaladjective

   inside the country

   "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

   Antonyms:
   internationalistic, transnational, international, foreign, worldwide, internationalist, multinational, world-wide, local, planetary, private, supranational, world(a), global

7. nationaladjective

   characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation

   "a national trait"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   world-wide, private, multinational, supranational, world(a), transnational, foreign, international, global, local, worldwide, internationalist, internationalistic, planetary

8. nationaladjective

   of or relating to nationality

   "national origin"

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   world(a), internationalist, world-wide, global, international, internationalistic, foreign, planetary, transnational, supranational, local, private, multinational, worldwide

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1. nationaladjective

   Synonyms:
   public, general

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1. List of paraphrases for "national":

   domestic, nationale, nacional, nationals, country, nationwide, countries, nationales, nationally, state, nation, patriotic, nazionale, nation-wide, states, national-level, nationaux, kookmin, nationalist, internal, ethnic, country-level, alleanza, nationality, nationaal

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1. Don Lemon:

   I think it’s heading into November and I think the president realizes his base, this is something that animates his base and he’s going to continue on with it, if the president cares about Americans' First Amendment rights, and his own First Amendment rights, and the rights of his people who support him, then he should care about the First Amendment rights of those people who have chosen to kneel during the national anthem.

2. European Council:

   The protests in Belarus are not about geopolitics. This is in the first place a national crisis. It is about the right of the people to freely elect their leadership. We stand firmly behind the right of Belarusian people to determine their own fate, on August 9th, Belarus held elections. These elections were neither free nor fair and did not meet international standards. We don't recognize the results presented by the Belarus authorities.

3. Miodrag Zivkovic:

   It is stable material, resembling stone but it is easier to work with, for every project back in those days there was a national contest, and artists from all over the country had the opportunity to apply, and that competition produced quality.

4. Garen Wintemute:

   We are having a national conversation about whether black lives matter, and one of the reasons we have not done a better job of preventing firearm violence is that we think – wrongly – that it primarily affects young black men, the data show that the societal burden of firearm violence falls predominately on older white men and involves primarily suicide, not homicide.

5. Joni Ernst:

   It means the world to me to know that this memorial is going to be right here on our National Mall, and it will honor all of those tremendous men and women who served in our armed forces in the Global War on Terror, but it also honors their families and those that lost loved ones, it will be a place of remembrance. A place where families and communities can come gather together and just remember the significant service and sacrifice over the past 20 years of the [GWOT].