Synonyms for citizen
ˈsɪt ə zən, -səncit·i·zen

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1. citizennoun

   Synonyms:
   national, burgher

   Antonyms:
   subject, stranger, alien, foreigner, illegal

2. citizennoun

   A person that is a legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations.

   When the rebellion broke out, the United States promptly evacuated its citizens from the area.

   Synonyms:
   national, burgher

   Antonyms:
   stranger, foreigner, alien, illegal, subject

3. citizennoun

   A member of a state that is not a monarchy; used as antonym to subject.

   Synonyms:
   burgher, national

   Antonyms:
   foreigner, illegal, subject, alien, stranger

4. citizennoun

   A person that is a legally recognized resident of a city or town.

   Synonyms:
   burgher, national

   Antonyms:
   stranger, alien, foreigner, illegal, subject

5. citizennoun

   A resident of any particular place to which the subject feels to belong.

   Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau - a book written of the former Canadian prime minister by John English, 2007.

   Synonyms:
   burgher, national

   Antonyms:
   stranger, illegal, alien, subject, foreigner

6. citizennoun

   A civilian, as opposed to a soldier, police officer etc.

   Synonyms:
   national, burgher

   Antonyms:
   subject, foreigner, alien, illegal, stranger

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1. citizennoun

   Synonyms:
   countryman, fellow-countryman, native, native-born inhabitant, naturalized person

   Antonyms:
   alien, alien, foreigner, stranger

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1. citizen

   Synonyms:
   townsman, inhabitant, burgess, subject, denizen

   Antonyms:
   alien, foreigner, visitor, exile

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1. citizennoun

   a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

   Antonyms:
   outlander, alien, foreigner, noncitizen

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1. • National

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1. stateful

   a person which is a citizen of a country

   Submitted by anonymous on January 5, 2020  

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1. citizennoun

   Synonyms:
   inhabitant, resident, dweller

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1. citizennoun

   Synonyms:
   resident

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1. List of paraphrases for "citizen":

   citizens, burger, citoyen, citizenship, civic, nationality, ciudadana, citizenry, civil, public, ressortissant

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1. Marcos Calderon:

   Still today I'm punished for this crime, I can't go back home, we are more American citizen than we are Cuban. We have the blood, we have the body, we have lived in this country way longer. And we ask for a second chance, for an opportunity, for somebody to help us, to be able to own things, to travel, to vote. To be treated like an American.

2. Jena Griswold:

   There are a lot of barriers being put up from the administration -- whether that's trying to force Americans to risk their very lives to cast a ballot, to meddling with the Post Office, sabotaging the way we deliver mail, to falsehoods and lies about vote by mail, so, I just think it's so important that every elected official, every elections official and every American citizen start sounding the alarm. The rhetoric coming out of the White House is something that you hear under dictatorships, not in the United States. We have to act. We can not allow him to tilt this election.

3. Allison Ashnault:

   It's going to really be with somebody who is violent, that's posing an immediate threat to maybe ourselves or to another citizen.

4. Ximena Barreto:

   Comments I made as I private citizen before I was hired at HHS were brought to light by concerned members of the press, in the heated and hyper-passionate political campaign environment, I made generalized comments regarding race relations and radical Islam. I fully understand that these emotionally-charged comments were hurtful, and I deeply apologize to members of both communities.

5. Mayor Perkins:

   We are experiencing an inexcusable surge of violent crime in this particular moment, my number one priority is focusing on the future and making sure that each and every citizen of Shreveport is as safe as possible. The police department needs change.