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national has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 8 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 2 recorded opposites are international, local.
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.
limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
“national interests”
concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
“the national government”
inside the country
“the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”
4 of the 8 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for national.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for national come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
“a monarch has a duty to his subjects”