Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "yankee" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

carpetbagger scalawag

Derived Terms

Yank Yankee cheese Yankee go home Yankee ingenuity Yankee screwdriver Yankee swap Yankee-Doodle Yankeedom Yankeeism Yankees Creek damn Yankee seppo septic tank yanqui

Context

baseball canada nautical slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

American

Related Terms

accumulator cheat fore fore triangle genoa headsail misrepresent new england stay staysail swindle topmast united states wager

Similar Terms

northern northern

Synonym Network

new englander yank yankee doodle

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