Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun republic

2 senses of republic

Sense 1
democracy, republic, commonwealth -- (a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them)
       => political system, form of government -- (the members of a social organization who are in power)

Sense 2
republic -- (a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president")
       => political system, form of government -- (the members of a social organization who are in power)

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