national

adjective

1 national politics | national and international news:

state, public, federal, governmental;

civic, civil, domestic, internal, home;

popular;

ethnic, racial, cultural, tribal, indigenous, native, ethnological.

▷antonyms local; international.

2 a one-day national strike:

nationwide, countrywide, state, coast-to-coast, general, widespread, overall, comprehensive.

▷antonyms local.

noun

a French national:

citizen, subject, native, resident, inhabitant;

voter.