country meaning and definition

COUNTRY noun

Definition of country (noun)

1. 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: body politic, commonwealth, land, nation, res publica, state
2. the territory occupied by a nation
   • "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
   • synonyms: land, state
3. 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: land, nation
4. an area outside of cities and towns
   • "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
   • synonyms: rural area
   • antonym: populated area
5. 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: area