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

3 senses of american

Sense 1
American -- (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
       => inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Sense 2
American English, American language, American -- (the English language as used in the United States)
       => English, English language -- (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)

Sense 3
American -- (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)
       => inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Similarity of adj american

2 senses of american

Sense 1
American -- (of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream")

Sense 2
American -- (of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna")