Meanings
- 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 3771 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 253Synonyms: nationwide
- not comparableThroughout a country.
The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.
2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–2172 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 22On 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 259Synonyms: nationwide
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThroughout a country.
adverbThroughout a country.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoccurring or extending throughout a country or nation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Vulgar Latin*(terra) contrāta
- Old Frenchcontree
- Middle Englishcontre
- Englishcountry
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishcountrywide
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
Rhymes with countrywide
Cite this entry
countrywide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide
“countrywide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countrywide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countrywide.
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