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local has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 3 recorded opposites are national, general, express.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
“local taxes”
affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
“local anesthesia”
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
1 of the 5 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for local.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for local come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
“the local seemed to take forever to get to New York”
anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body