HINDU

Pronunciation (US):

• HINDU (noun)
  The noun HINDU has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India
2. a person who adheres to Hinduism

  Familiarity information: HINDU used as a noun is rare.

• HINDU (adjective)
  The adjective HINDU has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or supporting Hinduism

  Familiarity information: HINDU used as an adjective is very rare.

• HINDU (noun)

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hindoo; Hindu; Hindustani

Hypernyms ("Hindu" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hindu"):

brahman; brahmin (a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas)

Kshatriya (a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste)

Rajpoot; Rajput (a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India)

Shudra; Sudra (a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste)

Vaisya (a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes)

Holonyms ("Hindu" is a member of...):

Hindustan (northern region of India where Hinduism predominates)

Meaning:

A person who adheres to Hinduism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hindoo; Hindu

Hypernyms ("Hindu" is a kind of...):

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hindu"):

saddhu; sadhu ((Hinduism) an ascetic holy man)

swami (a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect)

chela (a Hindu disciple of a swami)

Hare Krishna (worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

Shaktist (worshipper of Shakti)

Shivaist (worshipper of Shiva)

Vaishnava (worshipper of Vishnu)

sannyasi; sannyasin; sanyasi (a Hindu religious mendicant)

Holonyms ("Hindu" is a member of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (the predominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system and belief in reincarnation)

• HINDU (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Hindi; Hindoo; Hindu

Context example:

the Hindu faith

Pertainym:

Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)