Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun america

2 senses of america

Sense 1
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. -- (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
       INSTANCE OF=> North American country, North American nation -- (any country on the North American continent)

Sense 2
America -- (North America and South America and Central America)
       INSTANCE OF=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground")