CITIZEN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does citizen mean? 

• CITIZEN (noun)
  The noun CITIZEN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CITIZEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITIZEN (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("citizen" is a kind of...):

national; subject (a person who owes allegiance to that nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citizen"):

active citizen (a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch))

civilian (a nonmilitary citizen)

freeman; freewoman (a person who is not a serf or a slave)

repatriate (a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored)

thane (a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land))

elector; voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

Holonyms ("citizen" is a member of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

Antonym:

noncitizen (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)