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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1. • Inhabitant

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1. List of paraphrases for "american":

   u.s., us, america, americans, americana, americano, u.s, americas, inter-american, américain, usa, amã

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   And how long did it take us to elect an African-American to be president of the United States? What we should be doing is as a people is judge our candidates based on their views, their abilities, not the color of their skin, not on their religion. That is what America is supposed to be about.

2. Tim Marshall of Reaction:

   Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue from the 82nd Airborne ordered the British officer to cease operations outside of the airport perimeter fence because it was embarrassing the American military and angering the Taliban, the conversation allegedly ended when the Maj. General was called a ‘bastard’ by a British Major, and the senior British officer told the American to ‘f*** off!’.

3. American Foreign Service Association:

   While we share our members' eagerness to get back to in-person work, American Foreign Service Association believes that the criteria set out by State Department — data, conditions on the ground in specific locations, and employee safety — have not been met, the criterion of a 14-day negative trend in new COVID-19 infections still does not exist in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and, in fact, five of the seven indicators on the Diplomacy Strong dashboard show clearly that the Washington metro area should not be moving to this next stage.

4. Donald Trump:

   We're going to campaign for every last African-American vote in 2020, we're going to make 2020 a year of change in black communities all across the country.

5. Mickey Bergman:

   There was no way they were going to let an American go at that point.