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Synonyms for American
əˈmɛr ɪ kənamer·i·can

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  1. Americanadjective

    Synonyms:
    Septic, Usonian, US-ian, Usanian, United Statesian, US American

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Americannoun

    a native or inhabitant of the United States

  2. American English, American language, Americannoun

    the English language as used in the United States

  3. Americanadjective

    a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

  4. Americanadjective

    of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

    "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"

  5. Americanadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas

    "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

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How to use American in a sentence?

  1. Bernie Sanders:

    We lost (the nonwhite vote), but that gap is growing slimmer and slimmer between the secretary and myself. I think you'll find as we get to South Carolina and other states, that when the African-American community, the Latino community, looks at our record, looks at our agenda, we're going to get more and more support.

  2. Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal":

    I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.

  3. Raphael WarnockThe:

    Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers destroyed billions of dollars of household wealth through mortgage fraud, and almost sent the entire American economy over the cliff, george Floyd died, Eric Garner died and not one banker went to jail. Crooked places.

  4. Andy Raibins:

    You know, we're pretty excited as Americans, you know, we have an American joining the royal family.

  5. Tammy Baldwin:

    The stakes are too high for the American people, who do not want Supreme Court to advance a political agenda to overturn the law of the land on health care for people with pre-existing conditions, women's reproductive health, and the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Americans.


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