Synonyms and Antonyms of nation
- the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789
commonwealth, country, land, sovereignty (also sovranty), state
city-state, microstate, ministate, nation-state
domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic
duchy, dukedom, emirate, principality, seigniory (or seignory), sultanate
democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oligarchy, sovereign (also sovran), theocracy
client state, colony, condominium, dependency, mandate, province, settlement, soil, trust territory
fatherland, homeland, motherland