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state has 18 distinct synonyms spread across 8 of its 11 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. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
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.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
“his state is in the deep south”
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
“the current state of knowledge”
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
“the state has lowered its income tax”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
“the state has elected a new president”
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
“the solid state of water is called ice”
a state of depression or agitation
“he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him”
the territory occupied by a nation
“he returned to the land of his birth”
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
“the Department of State was created in 1789”
put before
“I submit to you that the accused is guilty”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for state come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.