indian

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of India

   BroaderAsian

   NarrowerAssameseDravidianGujaratiKashmiriOriyaPunjabiMarathaGypsyjawan

   Part ofIndia
2. 2.

   any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

   SynonymsAmerindAmerindian languageAmerican-Indian languageAmerican Indian

   Broadernatural language

   NarrowerAlgonquianAtakapaAthapaskanMuskhogeanNa-DeneMosanCaddoIroquoianQuechuaMaraco

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

   “the Indian subcontinent”

   “Indian saris”
2. 2.

   of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

   “Native American religions”

   “Indian arrowheads”

   SynonymsAmerindAmerindicNative American

Other forms of indian

plural

indians·

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 indian

What does indian mean?

indian means "a native or inhabitant of India". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indian?

indian has 3 syllables: in-di-an. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪndiən/.

What is another word for indian?

Close synonyms include Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerind. 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 indian a common word?

indian is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 indian?

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