African

/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

Synonyms for "african" (18 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Adjective(1 words)
african continent
Noun(3 words)
african descendantafrican inhabitantafrican national

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related words (9)

Noun(7 words)
continental africacontinental termdiasporicdiasporic africanof africaregional africaregional descriptor
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
actorcultural descriptordoergeographic descriptorinstitutional descriptorpersonworker

More specific

14 entries
African AmericanAfrican UnionAfro BrazilianCaribbean AfricanEast AfricanEgyptianKenyanKenyan AmericanNigerianNiloticPan AfricanSaharanSouth AfricanWest African

Collocations

10 entries
African UnionAfrican continentAfrican culturesAfrican diasporaAfrican heritageAfrican languagesAfrican nationAfrican politicsAfrican studiesAfrican wildlife

Inflections

3 entries
Africansmore africanmost african

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When you watch television or listen to the radio, the music which you hear is often African in origin.

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It's an African country, so you may think the climate is very hot.

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In these statistics Egypt is classed as an African nation.

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He was a hero of the African campaign in World War II.

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