State
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
state (noun)1.
a) mode or condition of being - a state of readiness
b) (1) condition of mind or temperament - in a highly nervous state
(2) a condition of abnormal tension or excitement
2.
a) a condition or stage in the physical being of something - insects in the larval state the gaseous state of water
b) any of various conditions characterized by definite quantities (as of energy, angular momentum, or magnetic moment) in which an atomic system may exist
3.
a) social position , especially high rank
b) (1) elaborate or luxurious style of living
(2) formal dignity - pomp usually used with in
4.
a) a body of persons constituting a special class in a society - estate
b) the members or representatives of the governing classes assembled in a legislative body
c) obsolete a person of high rank (as a noble)
5.
a) a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory , especially one that is sovereign
b) the political organization of such a body of people
c) a government or politically organized society having a particular character - a police state the welfare state
6.
the operations or concerns of the government of a country
7.
a) one of the constituent units of a nation having a federal government - the fifty states
b) capitalized The United States of America
8.
the territory of a state
transitive verb
1.
to set by regulation or authority
2.
to express the particulars of especially in words - report , broadly to express in words
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
state (noun)1.
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
SYNONYMS:
commonwealth, country, land, sovereignty ( sovranty), stateRELATED WORDS:
city-state, microstate, ministate, nation-state; domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic; duchy, dukedom, emirate, principality, seigniory ( seignory), sultanate; democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oligarchy, sovereign ( sovran), theocracy; client state, colony, condominium, dependency, mandate, province, settlement, soil, trust territory; fatherland, homeland, motherland; great power, power, sea power, superpower, world power; welfare state2.
high position within society
SYNONYMS:
class, dignity, fashion, quality, standing, stateRELATED WORDS:
gentility, gentleness, nobility, nobleness; grandness, highness, loftiness; distinction, dominance, precedence, preeminence, primacy, superiority; caste, station, status; prefermentNEAR ANTONYMS:
debasement, degradation; subordinateness, subordination; baseness, commonness, inferiority, lowliness, lowness1.
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
SYNONYMS:
articulate, clothe, couch, express, formulate, put, say, state, wordRELATED WORDS:
craft, frame; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest; paraphrase, rephrase, restate, reword, summarize, translate; communicate, disclose, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize; describe, render, write up2.
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
SYNONYMS:
articulate, bring out, enunciate, pass, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalizeRELATED WORDS:
air, discuss, give, look, share, sound, vent, ventilate, voice; blabber, bolt, blurt, get off, shoot; advertise, announce, blaze, broadcast, declare, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish; affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow; breathe, chirp, drawl, gasp, lip, mouth, murmur, purr, shout, splutter, spout, whisper; clothe, couch, formulate, formulize, phrase, put, word; comment, pipe up (with), remark; rip (out), snarlNEAR ANTONYMS:
stifle, suppress3.
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
SYNONYMS:
air, expound, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voiceRELATED WORDS:
advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submitNEAR ANTONYMS:
censor, restrain, restrict