AMERICAN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the English language as used in the United States
   Synonym(s)
   • American English (what does American English mean?)
   • American language (what does American language mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) American is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • English (what does English mean?)
   • English language (what does English language mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Black English (what does Black English mean?)
   • Black English Vernacular (what does Black English Vernacular mean?)
   • Ebonics (what does Ebonics mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
   Hypernyms(s) American is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inhabitant (what does inhabitant mean?)
   • dweller (what does dweller mean?)
   • denizen (what does denizen mean?)
   • indweller (what does indweller mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Creole (what does Creole mean?)
   • North American (what does North American mean?)
   • South American (what does South American mean?)
   • Mesoamerican (what does Mesoamerican mean?)
   • West Indian (what does West Indian mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a native or inhabitant of the United States
   Hypernyms(s) American is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inhabitant (what does inhabitant mean?)
   • dweller (what does dweller mean?)
   • denizen (what does denizen mean?)
   • indweller (what does indweller mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • African-American (what does African-American mean?)
   • Afro-American (what does Afro-American mean?)
   • Black American (what does Black American mean?)
   • Creole (what does Creole mean?)
   • Anglo-American (what does Anglo-American mean?)
   • Alabaman (what does Alabaman mean?)
   • Alabamian (what does Alabamian mean?)
   • Alaskan (what does Alaskan mean?)
   • Arizonan (what does Arizonan mean?)
   • Arizonian (what does Arizonian mean?)
   • Arkansan (what does Arkansan mean?)
   • Arkansawyer (what does Arkansawyer mean?)
   • Bay Stater (what does Bay Stater mean?)
   • Californian (what does Californian mean?)
   • Carolinian (what does Carolinian mean?)
   • Coloradan (what does Coloradan mean?)
   • Connecticuter (what does Connecticuter mean?)
   • Delawarean (what does Delawarean mean?)
   • Delawarian (what does Delawarian mean?)
   • Floridian (what does Floridian mean?)
   • Franco-American (what does Franco-American mean?)
   • German American (what does German American mean?)
   • Georgian (what does Georgian mean?)
   • Hawaiian (what does Hawaiian mean?)
   • Idahoan (what does Idahoan mean?)
   • Illinoisan (what does Illinoisan mean?)
   • Indianan (what does Indianan mean?)
   • Hoosier (what does Hoosier mean?)
   • Iowan (what does Iowan mean?)
   • Kansan (what does Kansan mean?)
   • Kentuckian (what does Kentuckian mean?)
   • Louisianan (what does Louisianan mean?)
   • Louisianian (what does Louisianian mean?)
   • Mainer (what does Mainer mean?)
   • Down Easter (what does Down Easter mean?)
   • Bostonian (what does Bostonian mean?)
   • Michigander (what does Michigander mean?)
   • Wolverine (what does Wolverine mean?)
   • Minnesotan (what does Minnesotan mean?)
   • Mississippian (what does Mississippian mean?)
   • Missourian (what does Missourian mean?)
   • Montanan (what does Montanan mean?)
   • Nebraskan (what does Nebraskan mean?)
   • Cornhusker (what does Cornhusker mean?)
   • Nevadan (what does Nevadan mean?)
   • New Hampshirite (what does New Hampshirite mean?)
   • New Jerseyan (what does New Jerseyan mean?)
   • New Jerseyite (what does New Jerseyite mean?)
   • New Yorker (what does New Yorker mean?)
   • North Carolinian (what does North Carolinian mean?)
   • North Dakotan (what does North Dakotan mean?)
   • Ohioan (what does Ohioan mean?)
   • Buckeye (what does Buckeye mean?)
   • Oregonian (what does Oregonian mean?)
   • Pennsylvanian (what does Pennsylvanian mean?)
   • Rhode Islander (what does Rhode Islander mean?)
   • South Carolinian (what does South Carolinian mean?)
   • South Dakotan (what does South Dakotan mean?)
   • Tennessean (what does Tennessean mean?)
   • Texan (what does Texan mean?)
   • Utahan (what does Utahan mean?)
   • Vermonter (what does Vermonter mean?)
   • Virginian (what does Virginian mean?)
   • Washingtonian (what does Washingtonian mean?)
   • Washingtonian (what does Washingtonian mean?)
   • West Virginian (what does West Virginian mean?)
   • Wisconsinite (what does Wisconsinite mean?)
   • Wyomingite (what does Wyomingite mean?)
   • Puerto Rican (what does Puerto Rican mean?)
   • Yankee (what does Yankee mean?)
   • Yank (what does Yank mean?)
   • Yankee-Doodle (what does Yankee-Doodle mean?)
   • New Englander (what does New Englander mean?)
   • Yankee (what does Yankee mean?)
   • Yank (what does Yank mean?)
   • Southerner (what does Southerner mean?)
   • Spanish American (what does Spanish American mean?)
   • Hispanic American (what does Hispanic American mean?)
   • Hispanic (what does Hispanic mean?)
   • Latino (what does Latino mean?)
   • Tory (what does Tory mean?)
   • Yankee (what does Yankee mean?)
   • Yank (what does Yank mean?)
   • Northerner (what does Northerner mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • Americanize (what does Americanize mean?)
   • Americanise (what does Americanise mean?)

AMERICAN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
   Usage Example(s)
   • the American hemisphere
   • American flora and fauna
   Pertainym(s)
   • America (what does America mean?)
   • the Americas (what does the Americas mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
   Usage Example(s)
   • American citizens
   • American English
   • the American dream
   Pertainym(s)
   • United States (what does United States mean?)
   • United States of America (what does United States of America mean?)
   • America (what does America mean?)
   • US (what does US mean?)
   • U.S. (what does U.S. mean?)
   • USA (what does USA mean?)
   • U.S.A. (what does U.S.A. mean?)