ethnic

1. 1.

   denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

   “influenced by ethnic and cultural ties”

   “ethnic food”

   Synonymsculturalethnical

   Similarsocial
2. 2.

   not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

   Synonymsheathenheathenishpagan

   Similarirreligious

1. 1.

   a person who is a member of an ethnic group

   Broaderperson

Other forms of ethnic

plural

ethnics·

comparative

ethnicer·

superlative

ethnicest·

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 ethnic

What does ethnic mean?

ethnic means "denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ethnic?

ethnic has 2 syllables: eth-nic. The stress falls on "eth". In IPA it is /ˈɛθnɪk/.

What is another word for ethnic?

Close synonyms include cultural, ethnical, heathen, heathenish, pagan. 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 ethnic a common word?

ethnic 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 ethnic?

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