Antonyms for local
ˈloʊ kəllo·cal

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1. localnoun

   Antonyms:
   fast, express, global

   Synonyms:
   stopper

2. localnoun

   From or in a nearby location.

   We prefer local produce.

   Antonyms:
   fast, global, express

   Synonyms:
   stopper

3. localnoun

   Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

   I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.

   Antonyms:
   fast, express, global

   Synonyms:
   stopper

4. localnoun

   Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.

   The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.

   Antonyms:
   global, express, fast

   Synonyms:
   stopper

5. localnoun

   Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

   The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.

   Antonyms:
   fast, express, global

   Synonyms:
   stopper

6. localnoun

   Descended from an indigenous population.

   Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.

   Antonyms:
   global, express, fast

   Synonyms:
   stopper

7. localnoun

   An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.

   Synonyms:
   stopper, topical

   Antonyms:
   fast, express

Matched Categories

1. • Medicine
   • Public Transport

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. localnoun

   public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

   "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"

   Antonyms:
   express, limited, federal, systemic, national, general

   Synonyms:
   local anesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, local anaesthetic

2. local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaestheticadjective

   anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

   Antonyms:
   express, limited, systemic, general, federal, national

   Synonyms:
   local anesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, local anaesthetic

3. localadjective

   relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

   "local taxes"; "local authorities"

   Antonyms:
   limited, express, federal, systemic, general, national

4. localadjective

   of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood

   "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"

   Antonyms:
   limited, express, general, systemic, national, federal

5. localadjective

   affecting only a restricted part or area of the body

   "local anesthesia"

   Antonyms:
   express, limited, general, national, systemic, federal

How to use local in a sentence?

1. The CDC:

   Collaborative investigative efforts of state, local and federal public health and regulatory officials indicate that pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios are a likely source of this outbreak.

2. Bill Mills:

   At a board level, it makes a lot of sense. At the operational level, it is a lot more difficult, on the one level there are some cost savings, but on the other hand M&S will have to place resource in their buying offices, whether that be UK or local, to manage the factories. It is not a panacea.

3. Spokesman Mujahid:

   We are sending more fighters from other areas to support local mujahideen in their job, the situation is very serious, and intense fighting is going on between our mujahideen and Afghan forces.

4. Mike Braun:

   I was not calculating what I was doing back then to become a politician. I've done that out of frustration with what happens in DC, my wife and I were lifelong conservatives and Republicans living in a county that was, you know, completely Democratic in all the offices. So if you wanted to weigh in on your local and county elections, anybody that was a Republican there mostly voted in the Democratic.

5. James Williams:

   This is an absolutely huge win, the threat to withhold funds from state and local governments in this executive order is dead.

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