negroid

Questions about negroid

What does negroid mean?

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

How many syllables are in negroid?

negroid has 2 syllables: ne-groid. The stress falls on "ne". In IPA it is /ˈniɡɹɔɪd/.

What is another word for negroid?

Close synonyms include Black, African-American, Negro. 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 negroid a common word?

negroid 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.