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

1 sense of african american

Sense 1
African-American, African American, Afro-American, Black American -- (an American whose ancestors were born in Africa)
       => American -- (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
                                                                         

Antonyms of adj african_american

1 sense of african-american

Sense 1
African-American, Afro-American -- (pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American")

INDIRECT (VIA black) -> white -- (of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population")

Similarity of adj african_american

1 sense of african-american

Sense 1
African-American, Afro-American -- (pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American")
       => black (vs. white) -- (of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.)