Thesaurus:Great Britain

Thesaurus

Great Britain

English

Proper noun

Sense: a large island in northwest Europe

Synonyms

• Albion (obsolete)
• Blighty (slang)
• England    [⇒ thesaurus] (sometimes offensive)
• Great Britain
• Old Blighty (slang)
• Old Dart (slang)
• sceptred isle (idiomatic)

Meronyms

• England    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Scotland
• Wales

Holonyms

• British Isles    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Europe    [⇒ thesaurus]
• United Kingdom    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “Great Britain” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “Great Britain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.