American Definition
Ameri·can (ə mer′i kən)
adjective
- of or in America
- ☆ of, in, or characteristic of the U.S. or its people or culture the American language
noun
- a person born or living in North or South America; specif.,
- Obsolete an American Indian
- a citizen of the U.S.
- ☆ the English language as spoken and written in the U.S.
American Synonyms
American
modif.
Related to the Western Hemisphere
hemispheric, continental, Western, North American, Latin American, South American, Central American, Pan-American, inter-American. In reference to specific countries: Canadian, Mexican, Belizean, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Panamanian, Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Guianan, Brazilian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Chilean, Argentinian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan, Bolivian, Surinamese.
In reference to the native peoples: Indian, American Indian, Amerindian, Native American, Aztec, Mayan, Incan, Araucanian, Algonquian, Apache, Arawakan, Athabaskan, Carib, Cherokee, Chinookan, Choctaw, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Lakota, Hopi, Inuit, Iroquoian, Miskito, Nahuatl, Navajo, Olmec, Quechua, Seminole, Sioux, Siouan, Taino, Tanoan, Ute.
Related to the United States of America
republican, constitutional, democratic, patriotic, freedom-loving, Yankee.
American Synonyms
American
n.
A citizen of the United States
citizen of the United States, United States national, Yankee, Westerner, Northerner, Southerner, Native American, American Indian, pioneer, Yank*, gringo*. * An inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere
North American, South American, Latin American, Western; see American (modif.) 1.
Browse dictionary entries near American
- ‹ America
- ‹ Ameri-
- ‹ amercement
- ‹ amerce
- ‹ Amerasian
- ‹ Amer. Ind.
- ‹ Amer
- ‹ amentiferous
- ‹ amentia
- ‹ amentaceous

