Commonwealth Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Commonwealth

Meaning 1 : a politically organized body of people under a single government

    Synonyms : body politic,  country,  land,  nation,  res publica,  state
Meaning 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
Meaning 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

Meaning 4 : the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)