Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canaanite
2 senses of canaanite
Sense 1
Canaanite -- (a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites)
=> Semite -- (a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa)
Sense 2
Canaanite -- (the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest)
=> Canaanitic, Canaanitic language -- (a group of Semitic languages)