barnej0096
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What's the synonym for "citizens"? I thought about "inhabitants" but I'm not sure whether it's the same.
'Inhabitants' is not an exact synonym. I am an inhabitant of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, but I am a British citizen.
Your question is wrongly put. By asking about "the synonym", you are assuming (or asserting) that there is one, and only one, and that we should know it. A better question would be "What is a synonym for 'citizens' ..." and then adding the reason that 'citizens' doesn't work for your purposes, and giving relevant information about the type of word you want. Here are some synonyms:What's the synonym for "citizens"? I thought about "inhabitants" but I'm not sure whether it's the same.
Yes, 'synonym' is used in different ways. The main problem, as I see it, is that thesauruses all use the term 'synonym' to mean a word with a similar meaning in a certain context. By 'similar', I mean "alike but not identical", which I think means almost the same as "nearly the same" - depending on how you define 'almost' and 'nearly'. Of course, two words with completely identical meanings are also synonyms; I wasn't arguing against that.Most dictionaries define synonym as a word having the same, or nearly the same meaning. I think that's a bit more than 'similar'.
Not all citizens can vote. In Australia, you have to be 18 or over, just to mention one qualification. That leaves millions(?) of citizens here who are not voters.Citizens can vote.
Ah, I was wondering what point you were making. Thanks.Right, I wasn't thinking of minors, but rather of distinctions between "citizen" and "inhabitant."