What are some opposite words for country?

Antonyms for country
ˈkʌn tricoun·t·ry

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term country.

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. country

    Rural and rustic are alike derived from the Latin rus, country, and may be alike defined as pertaining to, characteristic of, or dwelling in the country; but in usage rural refers especially to scenes or objects in the country, considered as the work of nature; rustic refers to their effect upon man or to their condition as affected by human agency; as, a rural scene; a rustic party; a rustic lass. We speak, however, of the rural population, rural simplicity, etc. Rural has always a favorable sense; rustic frequently an unfavorable one, as denoting a lack of culture and refinement; thus, rustic politeness expresses that which is well-meant, but awkward; similar ideas are suggested by a rustic feast, rustic garb, etc. Rustic is, however, often used of a studied simplicity, an artistic rudeness, which is pleasing and perhaps beautiful; as, a rustic cottage; a rustic chair. Pastoral refers to the care of flocks, and to the shepherd's life with the pleasing associations suggested by the old poetic ideal of that life; as, pastoral poetry. Bucolic is kindred to pastoral, but is a less elevated term, and sometimes slightly contemptuous.

    Antonyms:
    accomplished, city-like, cultured, elegant, polished, polite, refined, urban, urbane, well-bred

    Synonyms:
    agricultural, artless, awkward, boorish, bucolic, clownish, coarse, countrified, hoidenish, inelegant, outlandish, pastoral, plain, rude, rural, rustic, sylvan, uncouth, unpolished, unsophisticated, untaught, verdant

Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 2 votes

  1. 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, commonwealth, ground, nation, farming, province, res publica, kingdom, solid ground, state, dry land, estate, realm, land, soil, area, acres, republic, demesne, earth, democracy, rural area, terra firma, domain

  2. country, state, landnoun

    the territory occupied by a nation

    "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

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

  3. nation, land, countrynoun

    the people who live in a nation or country

    "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

    Synonyms:
    landed estate, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, ground, rural area, state, area, kingdom, solid ground, nation, dry land, estate, realm, land, soil, farming, acres, demesne, earth, terra firma, domain

  4. country, rural areanoun

    an area outside of cities and towns

    "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

    Synonyms:
    nation, state, rural area, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, area

  5. area, countrynoun

    a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

    "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

    Synonyms:
    res publica, body politic, commonwealth, state, orbit, sphere, surface area, arena, nation, land, area, expanse, region, field, rural area, domain

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. countryadjective

    Synonyms:
    rural, rustic, agrestic

  2. countrynoun

    Synonyms:
    region, territory, nation, rural parts, farming region

    Associated words:
    patriotism, patriot, patriotic, incivism, compatriot, expatriate, expatriation, deport, deportation, repatriate, repatriation, national, rusticate, rustication

How to use country in a sentence?

  1. Otis Brawley:

    We have been devastated by the coronavirus more so than any other country. We are 4% of the world’s population, more than 20% of the world’s coronavirus deaths.

  2. Mayor Hart:

    So many people from different walks of life, and immigrants that provide the critical service to help prepare food for the entire country.

  3. Meera Rao:

    Not one police (officer) came in the 16 hours we were stuck, no one came. It was just shocking. Being in the most advanced country in the world, no one knew how to even clear one lane for all of us to get out of that mess?

  4. Safiya Ghori-Ahmad:

    I think at the end of the day, [ the Taliban ] don't want the internet to be banned. I don't think they want YouTube to pull out of the country, I don't think they want Google to pull out, I don't think they want Facebook Messenger or Twitter to just pack up and leave.

  5. Polk County:

    A little 5-year-old beautiful baby was crushed to death, had he been in his home country last Saturday night like he should have been, our 5-year-old beautiful little girl would have been alive.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#396country
#2127urban
#6109elegant
#7350accomplished
#8685refined
#9513polished
#14209cultured
#16723polite
#68486urbane

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