african-american

1. 1.

   a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

   SynonymsBlackNegroNegroid

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   archaism

1. 1.

   pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

   “African-American culture”

   SynonymsAfro-American

   Similarblack

Questions about african-american

What does african-american mean?

african-american means "a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in african-american?

african-american has 7 syllables: af-ri-ca-n-a-mer-i-can. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæfɹəkənəˈmɛɹəkən/.

What is another word for african-american?

Close synonyms include Black, Negro, Negroid, Afro-American. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is african-american a common word?

african-american is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with african-american?

1 word rhymes with african-american. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.