Synonyms for russia
ˈrʌʃ ərus·si·a

Princeton's WordNet

1. Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSRnoun

   a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

2. Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republicnoun

   formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia

3. Russianoun

   a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917

4. Russia, Russian Federationnoun

   a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state

Matched Categories

1. • Eurasia
   • Soviet Socialist Republic
   • Soviet Union
   • Country
   • Empire

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1. russianoun

   Associated words:
   russian, russianize, russification, russify, russophile, russophobia, russophobe, duma, vodka

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1. List of paraphrases for "russia":

   russian, federation, moscow, russie, sino-russian

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1. Joseph Dunford:

   My assessment today, Senator, is that Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security, so if you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential threat to the United States, I ’d have to point to Russia. - Gen. Joseph Dunford.

2. Dianne Feinstein:

   The tax returns become a primary lead into a Russia connection -- and that would be Russian money in his businesses, he's visited Russia six times by his own voice on television. Who knows what the situation is?

3. Andrew Frankel:

   You came in this morning and everybody was talking about this potential escalation of violence between Turkey and Russia, russia's response could have been a lot more confrontational.

4. Volker Beck:

   Germany should not sell security technology to dictatorships like Iran, Saudi Arabia or Russia, and goods should not be exported which can be used there for torture or the implementation of the death penalty.

5. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I think President Obama has effectively managed our relationship with Russia in a way that has advanced the interests of the United States, while also standing up for the basic international norms that Russia violated based on their activities along and across the Ukrainian border.