american

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of the United States

   Broaderinhabitant

   NarrowerAsian AmericanCreoleAnglo-AmericanAlabamanAlaskanArizonanArkansanBay StaterBostonianCalifornian

   Part ofUnited States
2. 2.

   the English language as used in the United States

   SynonymsAmerican EnglishAmerican language

   BroaderEnglish

   NarrowerAfrican American Vernacular English
3. 3.

   a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

   Broaderinhabitant

   NarrowerCreoleLatin AmericanNorth AmericanSouth AmericanMesoamericanWest Indian

   Part ofNorth AmericaCentral AmericaSouth America

1. 1.

   of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

   “American citizens”

   “American English”

   “the American dream”
2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas

   “the American hemisphere”

   “American flora and fauna”

Other forms of american

plural

americans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about american

What does american mean?

american means "a native or inhabitant of the United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in american?

american has 4 syllables: a-mer-i-can. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /əˈmɛɹəkən/.

What is another word for american?

Close synonyms include American English, American language. 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 american a common word?

american is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 american?

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