Word Study
national anthem
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun national anthem has 1 sense
- national anthem(n = noun.communication) - a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation; is a kind of anthem
has particulars: marseillaise, the star-spangled banner
THESAURUS
national anthem
Brautlied, Christmas carol, Communist threat, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Volkslied, Western imperialism, alba, anthem, art song, atrocity story, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, banner, barcarole, battle hymn, bloody shirt, blues, blues song, boat song, bridal hymn, brindisi, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chant, chantey, colors, croon, croon song, crostarie, dirge, ditty, drinking song, epithalamium, expansionism, face, fiery cross, folk song, gonfalon, hymeneal, imperialist threat, independence, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, manifest destiny, martial music, matin, minstrel song, minstrelsy, prothalamium, self-determination, serena, serenade, serenata, song, theme song, torch song, war song, wedding song, yellow peril
For further exploring for "national anthem" in Webster Dictionary Online