Dictionary entry details
• AMERICAN (noun)
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("American" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American"):
Buckeye; Ohioan (a native or resident of Ohio)
Oklahoman; Sooner (a native or resident of Oklahoma)
Beaver; Oregonian (a native or resident of Oregon)
Keystone Stater; Pennsylvanian (a native or resident of Pennsylvania)
Rhode Islander (a native or resident of Rhode Island)
South Carolinian (a native or resident of South Carolina)
South Dakotan (a native or resident of South Dakota)
North Dakotan (a native or resident of North Dakota)
North Carolinian; Tarheel (a native or resident of North Carolina)
New Yorker (a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City))
New Mexican (a native or resident of New Mexico)
Garden Stater; New Jerseyan; New Jerseyite (a native of resident of New Jersey)
Granite Stater; New Hampshirite (a native or resident of New Hampshire)
Nevadan (a native or resident of Nevada)
Cornhusker; Nebraskan (a native or resident of Nebraska)
Montanan (a native or resident of Montana)
Tennessean; Volunteer (a native or resident of Tennessee)
Texan (a native or resident of Texas)
Tory (an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution)
Hispanic; Hispanic American; Spanish American (an American whose first language is Spanish)
Southerner (an American who lives in the South)
New Englander; Yankee (an American who lives in New England)
Appalachian (a native or inhabitant of Appalachia)
Yank; Yankee; Yankee-Doodle (an American (especially to non-Americans))
Puerto Rican (a native or resident of Puerto Rico)
Wyomingite (a native or resident of Wyoming)
Badger; Wisconsinite (a native or resident of Wisconsin)
West Virginian (a native or resident of West Virginia)
Washingtonian (a native or resident of the city of Washington)
Washingtonian (a native or resident of the state of Washington)
Virginian (a native or resident of Virginia)
Vermonter (a native or resident of Vermont)
Utahan (a native or resident of Utah)
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
Missourian (a native or resident of Missouri)
Delawarean; Delawarian (a native or resident of Delaware)
Connecticuter (a native or resident of Connecticut)
Coloradan (a native or resident of Colorado)
Carolinian (a native or resident of the Carolinas)
Californian (a native or resident of California)
Bostonian (a native or resident of Boston)
Bay Stater (a native or resident of Massachusetts)
Arkansan; Arkansawyer (a native or resident of Arkansas)
Arizonan; Arizonian (a native or resident of Arizona)
Alaskan (a native or resident of Alaska)
Alabaman; Alabamian (a native or resident of Alabama)
Anglo-American (an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English)
Creole (a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana))
Asian American (an American who is of Asian descent)
African American; African-American; Afro-American; Black American (an American whose ancestors were born in Africa)
Floridian (a native or resident of Florida)
Franco-American (an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French)
Mississippian (a native or resident of Mississippi)
Gopher; Minnesotan (a native or resident of Minnesota)
Michigander; Wolverine (a native or resident of Michigan)
Marylander (a native or resident of Maryland)
Down Easter; Mainer (a native or resident of Maine)
Louisianan; Louisianian (a native or resident of Louisiana)
Bluegrass Stater; Kentuckian (a native or resident of Kentucky)
Kansan (a native or resident of Kansas)
Iowan (a native or resident of Iowa)
Hoosier; Indianan (a native or resident of Indiana)
Illinoisan (a native or resident of Illinois)
Idahoan (a native or resident of Idaho)
Hawaiian (a native or resident of Hawaii)
Georgian (a native or resident of the American state of Georgia)
German American (an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German)
Holonyms ("American" is a member of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meaning:
The English language as used in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
American English; American language; American
Hypernyms ("American" is a kind of...):
English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American"):
Black English; Black English Vernacular; Ebonics (a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Blacks in the United States)
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("American" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American"):
West Indian (a native or inhabitant of the West Indies)
Mesoamerican (a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica)
South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)
North American (a native or inhabitant of North America)
Creole (a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America)
Holonyms ("American" is a member of...):
South America (the nations of the South American continent collectively)
North America (the nations of the North American continent collectively)
• AMERICAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
American citizens / American English / the American dream
Pertainym:
America (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
the American hemisphere / American flora and fauna
Pertainym:
America (North America and South America and Central America)
