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American Definition

Ameri·can (ə mer′i kən)

adjective

  1. of or in America
  2. ☆ of, in, or characteristic of the U.S. or its people or culture the American language

noun

  1. a person born or living in North or South America; specif.,
    1. Obsolete an American Indian
    2. a citizen of the U.S.
  2. ☆ the English language as spoken and written in the U.S.

American Synonyms

American

modif.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Related to the United States of America

    republican, constitutional, democratic, patriotic, freedom-loving, Yankee.

American Synonyms

American

n.

  1. 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*. *

  2. An inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere

    North American, South American, Latin American, Western; see American (modif.) 1.