Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_indian
2 senses of american indian
Sense 1
Indian, American Indian, Red Indian -- (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)
=> Amerindian, Native American -- (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)
Sense 2
Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian -- (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
=> natural language, tongue -- (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)