Definition for African-american:

• an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent.

Synonyms for African-american:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • african-american.
  •black (adjective)
  • negro.

• n.

  •
  • person of color.
  •african-american (noun)
  • black.
  •person (noun)
  • negroid.

• Other synonyms:

  •Afro-American
  • afro-american.

Paraphrases for African-american:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    afro-american.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    afro-colombian.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    american.

Antonyms for African-american:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    white.

Hypernym for African-american:

• n.

  • person
    piccaninny, picaninny, pickaninny, soul brother.

Hyponym for African-american:

• n.

  • person
    person, individual, somebody, mortal, soul, someone.