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

2 senses of malaysian

Sense 1
Malaysian -- (a native or inhabitant of Malaysia)
       => Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Sense 2
Malaysian, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Kebangsaan -- (the Malay language spoken in Malaysia)
       => Malay -- (a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Similarity of adj malaysian

1 sense of malaysian

Sense 1
Malaysian, Malayan -- (of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles")