- republic
- nounADJECTIVE▪ new, young▪ former▪
the former Yugoslav republics
▪ autonomous, free, independent, sovereign▪ breakaway▪the breakaway republics of the former Soviet empire
▪ constitutional, democratic, federal, Islamic, people's, secular, socialist▪a constitutional republic based on the principles of democracy
▪the People's Republic of China
▪ banana (disapproving, offensive)VERB + REPUBLIC▪ become▪the year that Guyana became a socialist republic
▪ build, create, establish, form, found▪ defend, preserve, save▪ declare (sth), proclaim (sth)▪They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic.
▪ recognize (sth as)▪ overthrow
Collocations dictionary. 2013.