countrywide

coun·try·wide
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/ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/

adjective

Throughout a country.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivecountrywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a country.

    In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages.

    1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377
    1 more example

    Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops.

    1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253

    Synonyms: nationwide

adverbcountrywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a country.

    The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.

    2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–217
    2 more examples

    …America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.

    1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, “The Memorial Building a Living Tribute”, in Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22

    On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.

    1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press,, →ISBN, page 259

    Synonyms: nationwide

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThroughout a country.

Similar

adverbThroughout a country.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveoccurring or extending throughout a country or nation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Vulgar Latin*(terra) contrāta
  9. Old Frenchcontree
  10. Middle Englishcontre
  11. Englishcountry
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  17. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  18. Old Englishwīd
  19. Englishwide
  20. Englishcountrywide

From country + -wide.

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Translations

Bulgarian по цялата страна
  • по цялата страна (po cjalata strana)Throughout a country
German landesweit
  • landesweitThroughout a country
Hungarian országszerte
  • országszerteThroughout a country
Polish krajowy
  • krajowyThroughout a country
Romanian în toată țara
  • în toată țaraThroughout a country
Turkish ülke çapında
  • ülke çapındaThroughout a country
Vietnamese toàn quốc, khắp nước
  • toàn quốcThroughout a country
  • khắp nướcThroughout a country

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

countrywide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide

MLA

“countrywide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countrywide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide.

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