Antonyms for commonwealth
ˈkɒm ənˌwɛlθcom·mon·wealth

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1. commonwealth

   A community is in general terms the aggregate of persons inhabiting any territory in common and viewed as having common interests; a commonwealth is such a body of persons having a common government, especially a republican government; as, the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A community may be very small; a commonwealth is ordinarily of considerable extent. A people is the aggregate of any public community, either in distinction from their rulers or as including them; a race is a division of mankind in the line of origin and ancestry; the people of the United States includes members of almost every race. The use of people as signifying persons collectively, as in the statement "The hall was full of people," has been severely criticized, but is old and accepted English, and may fitly be classed as idiomatic, and often better than persons, by reason of its collectivism. As Dean Alford suggests, it would make a strange transformation of the old hymn "All people that on earth do dwell" to sing "All persons that on earth do dwell." A state is an organized political community considered in its corporate capacity as "a body politic and corporate;" as, a legislative act is the act of the state; every citizen is entitled to the protection of the state. A nation is an organized political community considered with reference to the persons composing it as having certain definite boundaries, a definite number of citizens, etc. The members of a people are referred to as persons or individuals; the individual members of a state or nation are called citizens or subjects. The population of a country is simply the aggregate of persons residing within its borders, without reference to race, organization, or allegiance; unnaturalized residents form part of the population, but not of the nation, possessing none of the rights and being subject to none of the duties of citizens. In American usage State signifies one commonwealth of the federal union known as the United States. Tribe is now almost wholly applied to rude peoples with very imperfect political organization; as, the Indian tribes; nomadic tribes. Compare MOB.

   Synonyms:
   community, nation, people, population, race, state, tribe

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1. • Political System
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1. commonwealthnoun

   the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

   Synonyms:
   nation, republic, country, state, res publica, body politic, land, democracy

2. state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politicnoun

   a politically organized body of people under a single government

   "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

   Synonyms:
   landed estate, state of matter, body politic, ground, nation, farming, province, res publica, kingdom, solid ground, state, dry land, estate, realm, land, country, soil, area, acres, republic, demesne, earth, democracy, rural area, terra firma, domain

3. commonwealthnoun

   a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another

   Synonyms:
   nation, republic, country, state, res publica, body politic, land, democracy

4. democracy, republic, commonwealthnoun

   a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   Synonyms:
   nation, republic, majority rule, country, state, body politic, res publica, land, democracy

How to use commonwealth in a sentence?

1. Doral Legal Counsel Matthew McGill:

   We proved at trial that the Commonwealth entered into the contract with its eyes open and took millions of dollars in benefits as part of the bargain.

2. Douglas Wilder:

   The people of Virginia have not forgotten. They are not stupid. They are not fooled, they are not being hoodwinked, terry … you said [Northam] was in blackface. He's got to go. Have you changed your mind about any of this? And if not, then why not? Now, explain to the people of the commonwealth.

3. The Bidens:

   In the years ahead, we look forward to continuing a close friendship with The Kingand The Queen Consort, today, the thoughts and prayers of people all across the United States are with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in their grief.

4. Tom Wolf:

   Charlie Dent is a voice of reason and civility that breaks through the chaos and partisanship of Washington and he will be missed, i thank Representative Dent for his service to our country and commonwealth.

5. Terry McAuliffe:

   Glenn Youngkin is not a reasonable Glenn Youngkin, i call Glenn Youngkin Donald Trump in khakis. Do we want a lapdog to Donald Trump to be our governor here in the commonwealth ? No we don't.

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