native american

1. 1.

   any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

   SynonymsAmerindian

   Broaderpersonperson of color

   NarrowerAlgonquianAnasaziAthapaskanMayanNahuatlOlmecZapotecPlains IndianChickasawCoeur d'Alene

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

   “Native American religions”

   “Indian arrowheads”

   SynonymsIndianAmerindAmerindic

Questions about native american

What does native american mean?

native american means "any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for native american?

Close synonyms include Amerindian, Indian, Amerind, Amerindic. 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 native american a common word?

native american is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.