American
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a native or inhabitant of the United States
Types & categories
- denizen
- African-American
- Asian American
- Creole
- Anglo-American
- Alabaman
- Alaskan
- Arizonan
- Arkansan
- Bay Stater
- Bostonian
- Californian
- Carolinian
- Coloradan
- Connecticuter
- Delawarean
- Floridian
- Franco-American
- German American
- Georgian
- Hawaiian
- Idahoan
- Illinoisan
- Indianan
- Iowan
- Kansan
- Kentuckian
- Louisianan
- Mainer
- Marylander
- Michigander
- Minnesotan
- Mississippian
- Missourian
- Montanan
- Nebraskan
- Nevadan
- New Hampshirite
- New Jerseyan
- New Mexican
- New Yorker
- North Carolinian
- North Dakotan
- Ohioan
- Oklahoman
- Oregonian
- Keystone Stater
- Rhode Islander
- South Carolinian
- South Dakotan
- Tennessean
- Texan
- Utahan
- Vermonter
- Virginian
- Washingtonian
- Washingtonian
- West Virginian
- Wisconsinite
- Wyomingite
- Puerto Rican
- Yankee-Doodle
- Appalachian
- New Englander
- Nisei
- Southerner
- Spanish American
- Tory
- Yankee
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
American citizens
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the English language as used in the United States
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
the American hemisphere
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Americanize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | American |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | United States |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | denizen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | African-American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Asian American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Creole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Anglo-American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Alabaman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Alaskan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Arizonan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Arkansan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bay Stater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bostonian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Californian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carolinian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Coloradan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Connecticuter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Delawarean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Floridian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Franco-American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | German American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Georgian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Hawaiian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Idahoan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Illinoisan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Indianan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Iowan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kansan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kentuckian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Louisianan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mainer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Marylander |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Michigander |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Minnesotan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mississippian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Missourian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Montanan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nebraskan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nevadan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Hampshirite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Jerseyan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Mexican |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Yorker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | North Carolinian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | North Dakotan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ohioan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Oklahoman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Oregonian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Keystone Stater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Rhode Islander |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | South Carolinian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | South Dakotan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tennessean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Texan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Utahan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Vermonter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Virginian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Washingtonian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Washingtonian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | West Virginian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wisconsinite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wyomingite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Puerto Rican |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Yankee-Doodle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Appalachian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Englander |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nisei |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Southerner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Spanish American |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tory |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Yankee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | American English |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | United States |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | American |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Americanize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Americanize |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | United States |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | American |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | English |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | African American Vernacular English |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | America |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | America |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | North America |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Central America |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | South America |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | denizen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Creole |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Latino |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | North American |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | South American |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mesoamerican |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | West Indian |