COUNTRYMAN Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

countryman

noun

ˈkən-trē-mən

Definition of countryman

as in compatriot

a person living in or originally from the same country as another met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France

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as in peasant

an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature

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Recent Examples of countryman Pulisic stayed on the shelf for the subsequent match with Australia, but his countrymen handled business all the same. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 June 2026 Alas, the actor did not foresee his countrymen losing to Morocco 1-0 on June 19, but took the L in stride. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 Before matches along the East Coast, thousands of fans from France, England, Panama, Argentina and other countries have filled Times Square to sing, cheer and wave flags with their countrymen and countrywomen. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 The Amerigo Vespucci, in from La Spezia with 406 people aboard, will unfurl its 28,363 square feet of sail and glide beneath the bridge named for its countryman Giovanni da Verrazzano. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for countryman

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Noun

Since 2023, Pegula is an impressive 33-3 against her compatriots.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
In a city whose most iconic statue is a testament to its openness to newcomers, teams from Cape Verde to Paraguay to Congo found local fans and international visitors found compatriots.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of compatriot

Noun

Coastal-meets-countryside, meaning the brand’s online shelves are well-stocked with pleated shirtdresses, flowing peasant tops, and striped mesh tote bags for housing towels and your newest beach read.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
The back-to-the-land aesthetic of peasant skirts, head scarves, and florals seems to seep into fashion at this time of year, but a distinctly folk vibe is now taking over interiors too.

— Francesca Perry, Vogue, 29 June 2026

Definition of peasant

Noun

Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
To the extent that their fellow-citizens refer to them at all, our government functionaries are perceived not as active agents of change but as inert, self-protecting obstructions.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of citizen

Noun

When Johnson was vice president and visiting Europe, there were reports filed by these British ambassadors in several countries that basically made fun of him as a hick.

— Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
So a bunch of hicks from Topeka were left up to our own devices of going down to Robert Hall and finding something that might be kind of cool.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of hick

Noun

Marlowe, the son of a poor Canterbury cobbler, and Shakespeare, the son of a Stratford glover and alderman, were both unlikely artistic geniuses, provincials in a nation in which social class was rigidly fixed.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2025
Sanders is a Catholic priest and former Augustinian provincial in California and lives in the Augustinian community in North Park.

— Gary Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025

Definition of provincial

Noun

The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
But many did not, as the 1981 episodes tell the grim tale of a young girl named Sylvia (Barash), who is raped by a stranger wearing a horrifying clown mask.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

It was left to the feds in Boston to arrest Farwell, after Meatball’s local yokels adamantly refused to do anything other than try to broom the crime by one of their own.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Part of his way of taking it yokel — besides bringing in Foo Fighter Rami Jaffee on accordion and Willie Aron blowing harmonica — was to add a previously unheard yodel to the chorus.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of yokel

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