ASIAN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a native or inhabitant of Asia
   Synonym(s)
   • Asiatic (what does Asiatic mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Asian 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?)
   • person of color (what does person of color mean?)
   • person of colour (what does person of colour mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coolie (what does coolie mean?)
   • cooly (what does cooly mean?)
   • Oriental (what does Oriental mean?)
   • oriental person (what does oriental person mean?)
   • Indian (what does Indian mean?)
   • Eurasian (what does Eurasian mean?)
   • Afghan (what does Afghan mean?)
   • Afghanistani (what does Afghanistani mean?)
   • Altaic (what does Altaic mean?)
   • Armenian (what does Armenian mean?)
   • Bangladeshi (what does Bangladeshi mean?)
   • Bengali (what does Bengali mean?)
   • Bhutanese (what does Bhutanese mean?)
   • Bhutani (what does Bhutani mean?)
   • Burmese (what does Burmese mean?)
   • Byzantine (what does Byzantine mean?)
   • Cambodian (what does Cambodian mean?)
   • Kampuchean (what does Kampuchean mean?)
   • Chinese (what does Chinese mean?)
   • Malay (what does Malay mean?)
   • Malayan (what does Malayan mean?)
   • Hindu (what does Hindu mean?)
   • Hindoo (what does Hindoo mean?)
   • Hindustani (what does Hindustani mean?)
   • Indonesian (what does Indonesian mean?)
   • Irani (what does Irani mean?)
   • Iranian (what does Iranian mean?)
   • Persian (what does Persian mean?)
   • Iraqi (what does Iraqi mean?)
   • Iraki (what does Iraki mean?)
   • Israelite (what does Israelite mean?)
   • Israeli (what does Israeli mean?)
   • Japanese (what does Japanese mean?)
   • Nipponese (what does Nipponese mean?)
   • Jordanian (what does Jordanian mean?)
   • Korean (what does Korean mean?)
   • Kurd (what does Kurd mean?)
   • Kuwaiti (what does Kuwaiti mean?)
   • Lao (what does Lao mean?)
   • Laotian (what does Laotian mean?)
   • Lebanese (what does Lebanese mean?)
   • Malaysian (what does Malaysian mean?)
   • Maldivian (what does Maldivian mean?)
   • Maldivan (what does Maldivan mean?)
   • Nepalese (what does Nepalese mean?)
   • Nepali (what does Nepali mean?)
   • Pakistani (what does Pakistani mean?)
   • Parthian (what does Parthian mean?)
   • Sinhalese (what does Sinhalese mean?)
   • Singhalese (what does Singhalese mean?)
   • Sherpa (what does Sherpa mean?)
   • Syrian (what does Syrian mean?)
   • Taiwanese (what does Taiwanese mean?)
   • Tajik (what does Tajik mean?)
   • Tadzhik (what does Tadzhik mean?)
   • Thai (what does Thai mean?)
   • Tai (what does Tai mean?)
   • Siamese (what does Siamese mean?)
   • Tibetan (what does Tibetan mean?)
   • Turki (what does Turki mean?)
   • Kazakhstani (what does Kazakhstani mean?)
   • Vietnamese (what does Vietnamese mean?)
   • Annamese (what does Annamese mean?)
   • Singaporean (what does Singaporean mean?)
   • Sri Lankan (what does Sri Lankan mean?)
   • Trojan (what does Trojan mean?)
   • Dardan (what does Dardan mean?)
   • Dardanian (what does Dardanian mean?)
   • Timorese (what does Timorese mean?)

ASIAN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java
   Synonym(s)
   • oriental (what does oriental mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Oriental politeness
   • for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian” is preferred to `
   Similar To
   • eastern (what does eastern mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
   Synonym(s)
   • Asiatic (what does Asiatic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Asian countries
   Pertainym(s)
   • Asia (what does Asia mean?)
   • Asia (what does Asia mean?)