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

1 sense of picaninny

Sense 1
pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny -- ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)
       => Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid -- (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
       => child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster")