commonwealth of nations

1. 1.

   an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown

   SynonymsBritish Commonwealth

   Broadercommonwealth

Questions about commonwealth of nations

What does commonwealth of nations mean?

commonwealth of nations means "an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown".

What is another word for commonwealth of nations?

Close synonyms include British Commonwealth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is commonwealth of nations a common word?

commonwealth of nations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.