Meanings
- An association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.
Synonyms: British Commonwealth, Commonwealth, British Commonwealth of Nations
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans Statebond
- Statebondassociation of independent states
Bulgarian Британска общност, Общност на нациите
- Британска общност (Britanska obštnost)association of independent states
- Общност на нациите (Obštnost na naciite)association of independent states
Catalan Mancomunitat de Nacions
- Mancomunitat de Nacionsassociation of independent states
Chinese Cantonese 英聯邦 /英联邦
- 英聯邦 /英联邦 (jing¹ lyun⁴ bong¹)association of independent states
Chinese Mandarin 英聯邦 /英联邦, 大英國協 /大英国协
- 英聯邦 /英联邦 (Yīngliánbāng)association of independent states
- 大英國協 /大英国协 (Dàyīng Guóxié)association of independent states
- 共和聯邦 /共和联邦 (Gònghé Liánbāng)association of independent states
Esperanto Komunumo de Nacioj
- Komunumo de Naciojassociation of independent states
Finnish Kansainyhteisö, Brittiläinen kansainyhteisö
- Kansainyhteisöassociation of independent states
- Brittiläinen kansainyhteisöassociation of independent states
French Commonwealth
- Commonwealthassociation of independent states
German Commonwealth, britischer Staatenbund
- Commonwealthassociation of independent states
- britischer Staatenbundassociation of independent states
Hindi राष्ट्रमंडल
- राष्ट्रमंडल (rāṣṭramaṇḍal)association of independent states
Hungarian Brit Nemzetközösség
- Brit Nemzetközösségassociation of independent states
Icelandic Breska samveldið
- Breska samveldiðassociation of independent states
Irish An Comhlathas, An Comhlathas Briotanach
- An Comhlathasassociation of independent states
- An Comhlathas Briotanachassociation of independent states
- Comhlathas Briotanach na Náisiúnassociation of independent states
Italian Commonwealth delle nazioni
- Commonwealth delle nazioniassociation of independent states
Japanese イギリス連邦, 英連邦
- イギリス連邦 (igirisu renpou)association of independent states
- 英連邦 (eirenpou)association of independent states
Korean 영연방
- 영연방 (Yeong'yeonbang)association of independent states
Malay Negara-Negara Komanwel
- Negara-Negara Komanwelassociation of independent states
Polish Wspólnota Narodów
- Wspólnota Narodówassociation of independent states
Portuguese Comunidade das Nações
- Comunidade das Naçõesassociation of independent states
Romanian Comunitatea Națiunilor, Commonwealth
- Comunitatea Națiunilorassociation of independent states
- Commonwealthassociation of independent states
Russian Содру́жество на́ций
- Содру́жество на́ций (Sodrúžestvo nácij)association of independent states
Scottish Gaelic Co-fhlaitheas
- Co-fhlaitheasassociation of independent states
Spanish Mancomunidad de Naciones
- Mancomunidad de Nacionesassociation of independent states
Swahili Jumuiya ya Madola
- Jumuiya ya Madolaassociation of independent states
Swedish Brittiska samväldet, Samväldet
- Brittiska samväldetassociation of independent states
- Samväldetassociation of independent states
Vietnamese Khối Thịnh vượng chung Anh
- Khối Thịnh vượng chung Anhassociation of independent states
Welsh Y Gymanwlad
- Y Gymanwladassociation of independent states
Cite this entry
Commonwealth of Nations. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Commonwealth%20of%20Nations
“Commonwealth of Nations.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Commonwealth%20of%20Nations. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Commonwealth of Nations,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Commonwealth%20of%20Nations.
Source: Commonwealth of Nations on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.