nation

nation is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
2. noun. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
3. noun. Family; lineage.
4. noun. One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
5. noun. One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
6. noun. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.
7. noun. the people who live in a nation or country

   "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"

   "the news was announced to the nation"

   Synonyms: country, land

8. noun. a politically organized body of people under a single government

   "the state has elected a new president"

   "African nations"

   Synonyms: commonwealth, country, land, state

9. noun. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)

   "the Shawnee nation"

10. noun. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

Synonyms

country, land, commonwealth, state

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nation:

anoint

Common word forms

nations, national, nationless

Words from these letters

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