'National' definitions:
Definition of 'national'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
adjective
Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" [ant: international]
adjective
Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests" [ant: local]
adjective
Owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"
adjective
Inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a), interior(a), internal, national]
adjective
Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"
adjective
Of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
noun
A person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" [syn: national, subject]
Definition of 'National'
From: GCIDE
- National \Na"tion*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. national.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Attached to one's own country or nation. [1913 Webster]
- National anthem, a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England.
- National bank, the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.
- National flag. See under Flag.
- National guard, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States.
- National salute, a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'national'
From: GCIDE
- national \na"tion*al\ (?; 277), n.
- 1. A citizen (of a particular country); as, U. S. nationals are advised to contact their embassy when abroad. [PJC]
- 2. A country-wide sports competition; for a series of competitions, the plural form is usually used; as, to advance to the nationals. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'national'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all-comprehending,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-covering,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-filling,
- all-including,
- all-inclusive,
- all-pervading,
- allover,
- catholic,
- chauvinistic,
- citizen,
- citizen by adoption,
- civic,
- civil,
- clannish,
- common,
- communal,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- country-wide,
- ecumenic,
- ethnic,
- family,
- federal,
- galactic,
- general,
- genetic,
- gentile,
- gentilic,
- global,
- governmental,
- heaven-wide,
- home,
- hyphenate,
- hyphenated American,
- immigrant,
- inhabitant,
- inland,
- internal,
- international,
- intestine,
- jingoistic,
- lineal,
- metic,
- municipal,
- nationalist,
- nationalistic,
- native,
- naturalized citizen,
- nondenominational,
- nonnative citizen,
- nonsectarian,
- patriotic,
- phyletic,
- phylogenetic,
- planetary,
- popular,
- public,
- racial,
- resident,
- social,
- societal,
- state,
- subject,
- supranational,
- total,
- totemic,
- tribal,
- universal,
- world-wide
Words containing 'National'
- Nation,
- Nationalism,
- Nationalities,
- Nationality,
- Nationalization,
- Nationalized,
- Nationalizing,
- Nationally,
- Nationalness,
- nationalize,
- Comity of nations,
- Five nations,
- Law of nations,
- Lost Nation,
- Martime nations,
- National City,
- National Park,
- National anthem,
- National bank,
- National flag,
- National guard,
- National salute,
- Six Nations,
- across the nation,
- african nation,
- asian nation,
- balkan nation,
- carry nation,
- commonwealth of nations,
- desire of all nations,
- european nation,
- grand national,
- islam nation,
- league of nations,
- nation of islam,
- national assembly,
- national assistance,
- national capital,
- national censorship,
- national debt,
- national holiday,
- national income,
- national insurance,
- national leader,
- national monument,
- national service,
- national socialism,
- national socialist,
- national trust,
- rogue nation,
- scandinavian nation,
- united nations,
- Higher National Diploma,
- Lost Nation, IA,
- National City, CA,
- National Football Conference,
- National Park, NJ,
- acadia national park,
- air national guard,
- arches national park,
- army national guard,
- badlands national park,
- biscayne national park,
- canyonlands national park,
- central american nation,
- denali national park,
- everglades national park,
- gross national product,
- haleakala national park,
- iraqi national congress,
- katmai national park,
- most-favored-nation,
- national academy of sciences,
- national association of realtors,
- national debt ceiling,
- national guard bureau,
- national institute of justice,
- national institutes of health,
- national intelligence community,
- national liberation army,
- national library of medicine,
- national park service,
- national reconnaissance office,
- national rifle association,
- national science foundation,
- national security agency,
- national security council,
- national trading policy,
- national volunteers association,
- national weather service,
- north american nation,
- olympic national park,
- palestine national authority,
- palestinian national authority,
- platt national park,
- redwood national park,
- royal national eisteddfod,
- sequoia national park,
- serengeti national park,
- shenandoah national park,
- south american nation,
- united nations agency,
- united nations day,
- united nations secretariat,
- voyageurs national park,
- yellowstone national park,
- yosemite national park,
- zion national park,
- Federal National Mortgage Association,
- Most-favored-nation clause,
- association of southeast asian nations,
- big bend national park,
- bryce canyon national park,
- capitol reef national park,
- carlsbad caverns national park,
- carry amelia moore nation,
- channel islands national park,
- crater lake national park,
- gates of the arctic national park,
- grand canyon national park,
- grand teton national park,
- guadalupe mountains national park,
- hawaii volcanoes national park,
- hot springs national park,
- irish national liberation army,
- isle royal national park,
- kenai fjords national park,
- kings canyon national park,
- kobuk valley national park,
- lake clark national park,
- lassen volcanic national park,
- mammoth cave national park,
- mesa verde national park,
- mount ranier national park,
- national aeronautics and space administration,
- national archives and records administration,
- national baseball hall of fame,
- national climatic data center,
- national institute of standards and technology,
- national labor relations board,
- national liberation front of corsica,
- national oceanic and atmospheric administration,
- national technical information service,
- north cascades national park,
- petrified forest national park,
- real gross national product,
- rocky mountain national park,
- u.s. national library of medicine,
- united nations children's fund,
- virgin islands national park,
- wind cave national park,
- food and agriculture organization of the united nations,
- great smoky mountains national park,
- national geospatial-intelligence agency,
- national socialist german workers' party,
- theodore roosevelt memorial national park,
- united states national library of medicine,
- national association of securities dealers automated quotations,
- united nations crime prevention and criminal justice,
- united nations educational scientific and cultural organization,
- united nations international children's emergency fund,
- wrangell-st. elias national park,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention