national

Plural: nationals

Noun

• A citizen or native of a particular nation.
• a person who owes allegiance to that nation
• A subject of a nation.
• A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
• A national newspaper.
• Somebody born under the authority of a given State.

Adjective

• of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
  • "national hero"
  • "national anthem"
  • "a national landmark"
• limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
  • "national interests"
  • "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
• 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"
• characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
  • "a national trait"
• of or relating to nationality
  • "national origin"

Adjective Satellite

• owned or maintained for the public by the national government
  • "national parks"
• inside the country

Adj

• Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
• Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
• Nationalistic; patriotic.

Examples

• a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
• After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.
• He felt like a national of the Scrabble community, always playing by its rules.
• Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.
• The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.
• this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French

Synonyms

home, interior, internal, subject

Antonyms

international, local

Anagrams of national