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Compatriot

One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.

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Countryman 76% connected

An inhabitant or native of a region.

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Countrywoman 76% connected

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.

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National 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accus…

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Acquisition noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

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Class noun · 78% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

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Computer program noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Computer programme noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Consequence noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Content noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Contents noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Course noun · 78% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

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Course of instruction noun · 78% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

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Course of study noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

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Curriculum noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

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Effect noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Event noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Issue noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Learning noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

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Module noun · 78% connection

a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components

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Objective adjective · 78% connection

serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accus…

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Absentee noun · 78% connection

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district tha…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Alien noun · 78% connection

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess…

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Annoy noun · 78% connection

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Aridity noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

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Awe noun · 78% connection

an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"

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Bumpkin noun · 78% connection

An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.

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Chalet noun · 78% connection

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

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Citizen noun · 78% connection

One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his lega…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Colonialism noun · 78% connection

exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Community noun · 78% connection

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as,…

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as l…

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Consul noun · 78% connection

An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing gov…

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Country adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

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Envious adjective · 78% connection

Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; j…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Feeling noun · 78% connection

The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent…

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Fidget noun · 78% connection

a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: country, like, interests, feeling.
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Fidgetiness noun · 78% connection

a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"

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Frontier noun · 78% connection

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part…

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