Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "american" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

speak english understand english

Coordinate Terms

Bermudan Canary European Verde

Derived Terms

AACD AAPI ABA AFL AMA AT&T Aboriginal American Afra-American African American African-American English Afrimerican Afro-American Afromerican Amerasian Amerenglish AmeriKKKunt American Airlines American Alsatian American Beauty American Black English American Bobtail American Bulldog American Canyon American Century American Civil War American Cordillera American Craftsman American Curl American Dream American Empire American English American Eskimo Dog American Falls American Fork American Indian American Keuda American League American Legion American Mediterranean American Mediterranean Sea American Pygmy American Renaissance American Revised Version American Revolution American Revolutionary War American Ringtail American River American Saddlebred American Samoa American Shorthair American Sign Language American South American Southwest American Spanish American Staffordshire terrier American Standard Code for Information Interchange American Standard Version American Thanksgiving American War American War of Independence American Wirehair American alligator American aloe American arrowroot American as apple pie American ash American aspen American avocet American badger American basswood American beaver American beech American bird grasshopper American bison American bittern American bittersweet American black bear American black duck American black vulture American bluehearts American breakfast American brook charr American buffalo American bullfrog American bully American calumba American centaury American chameleon American cheese American cheetah American chestnut American chop suey American civil religion American cliff swallow American climbing fern American cloth American cocker spaniel American cockroach American columbo American comic book American coot American cranberrybush American crocodile American darter American darts American diamond American dingo American dipper American dollar American doubles American dun-bar American eagle American elm American flamingo American football American forge American foulbrood American foxhound American fried potatoes American fries American gauge American ginseng American golden plover American goldfinch American gothic American goulash American green tree frog American handegg American holly American hornbeam American jay American kestrel American laurel American lion American lobster American longhair American lotus American marten American mink American muffin American night heron American option American ostrich American paddlefish American painted lady American pancake American pasqueflower American pennyroyal American perch American pipit American pit bull terrier American plan American planetree American plum American pokeweed American pondweed American pygmy goat American redstart American rhea American rhododendron American robin American round American saddle horse American senna American shad American share American shot American snakebird American snout American sole American studies American style option American sweetgum American sycamore American three-toed woodpecker American tiger American tree sparrow American tulip tree American turtle American vetch American warbler American water spaniel American way American white birch American white ibis American widgeon American wild plum American winterberry American wire gauge American woodcock Americana Americanese Americanesque Americaness Americanian Americanime Americanise Americanism Americanist Americanistic Americanitis Americanity Americanization Americanize Americanless Americanly Americanness Americanocentric Americanocracy Americanoid Americanophobe Americanophobia Americanophobic Americansky Americoon Americrap Americunt Amerifuck Amerikkkan Amerilard Amerimanga Amerind Amerindian Amerishit Ameritard Ameritrash Amertoy Amtrak Anglo-American Asian American COCA Can-Am Canado-American Cubamerican Earthican Euro-American Euromerican European-American Fatmerican Filamerican Franco-American General American Great American Songbook Hiberno American Hispanic American Hispanoamericanism I'm American Ibero-American Indian-American Interamerican Irish American Italian American Italian-American Italo-American Jamerican Jewmerican Mesoamerican Mexamerican Mexican American Mexican-American Mexican-American War Mid-American Namerican Negro-American New American NorAm Norse-American North American ringtail Pacific Islander American Paleo-American Pan-American Russian-American SAE Sicilian American Sino-American Southern American English Spanish American Spanish-American War Standard American Standard American English US-American all-American all-Americanness anti-Americanism basketball American hyphenated American modified American plan my fellow Americans nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people non-American one hundred percent American orange-American panamerican transamerican 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Derived From

america

Desires

enjoy civil rights protected by constitution pursue happiness

Context

printing us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

English English language denizen dweller habitant indweller inhabitant person

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

& Native American & Native American Alabaman Alabamian Alaskan Arizonan Arizonian Arkansasian Arkansian Bay Stater Buckeye Californian Coloradan Coloradoan Connecticutensian Connecticuter Connecticutter Delawarean Democrat Floridan Floridian Garden Stater Georgian Hampshirite Hawai'ian Hawaiian Hawaiʻian Hawkeye Hoosier Idahoan Idahonian Illinoian Illinoisan Illinoisian Indianan Indianian Iowan Jayhawk Jerseyan Jerseyite Kansan Kentuckian Louisianan Louisianian Mainer Mainite Marylander Marylandian Massachusettsan Massachusettsian Massachusite Masshole Michigander Michiganer Michiganian Minnesotan Minnesotian Mississippian Missouran Missourian Montanan Montanian Mountaineer Native American Nebraska Nevadan Nevadian New Hampshirite New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexican New Yorker New Yorkian North North North American North Carolinan North Carolinian North Dakotan Nutmegger Ohian Ohioan Oklahoman Oregonian Pennsylvanian Republican Rhode Islander Sooner South South South American South Carolinan South Carolinian South Dakotan Tar Heel Tennessean Texan Utahn Vacationlander Vermonter Virginian Washingtonian West Virginian Wisconsinite Wyomingian Wyomingite cheesehead

Type Of (IsA)

citizen of america inhabitant north american person person with nationality

Related Terms

:Category:en:Demonyms for Americans United States of America

Related Terms

america american english americana americas citizen german indigenous inhabitant point size small type united states of america yank yankee

Synonym Network

american english united statesian us american western hemispherian

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.