national meaning and definition

NATIONAL noun

Definition of national (noun)

1. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
   • "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
   • synonyms: subject

NATIONAL adjective

Definition of national (adjective)

1. of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
   • "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
2. limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
   • "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
   • antonym: international
3. 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"
   • antonym: local
4. owned or maintained for the public by the national government
   • "national parks"
5. inside the country
   • "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
   • synonyms: home, interior, internal
6. characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
   • "a national trait"
7. of or relating to nationality
   • "national origin"