commonwealth

NOUN /kɑmən,wɛlθ/

12 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

commonwealth is a valid 12-letter word worth 24 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

C3O1M3M3O1N1W4E1A1L1T1H4

3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =24 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 48TRIPLE WORD → 72

MEANING

What does commonwealth mean?

NOUN · 4 SENSES

1

A politically organized body of people under a single government.

SYNONYMS

BODY POLITIC COUNTRY LAND NATION RES PUBLICA STATE

BROADER

POLITICAL UNIT POLITICAL ENTITY

NARROWER

CITY-STATE CITY STATE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY SUZERAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMINION ALLY WORLD POWER

2

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

SYNONYMS

DEMOCRACY REPUBLIC

BROADER

POLITICAL SYSTEM FORM OF GOVERNMENT

NARROWER

WEIMAR REPUBLIC PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

3

A world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another.

BROADER

GLOBAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION WORLD ORGANISATION WORLD ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

NARROWER

COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

4

The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico).

BROADER