Synonyms for african-american
ˈæf rɪ kən əˈmɛr ɪ kənafrican-amer·i·can

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1. African-Americanadjective

   American and black.

   Synonyms:
   black, Afro-Usonian, person of color, colored, Negro, Afro-American

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1. African-American, African American, Afro-American, Black Americanadjective

   an American whose ancestors were born in Africa

   Antonyms:
   white

2. African-American, Afro-Americanadjective

   pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

   "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American"

   Antonyms:
   white

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1. List of paraphrases for "african-american":

   afro-american

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1. Lorenzo Lynch:

   I think that's a poetic description of what has happened and poetry, like most language, is limited but it does have wings ... to carry a point, Giuliani pushes for Lynch confirmation 'A moderately tough confirmation' Senate Republicans adamantly deny the delay in scheduling a vote on Lynch's nomination is because she is African-American. Many point out that Lynch, if confirmed, would be replacing the country's first African-American attorney general who was confirmed by an overwhelming margin. Instead, Republicans and Democrats say the delay is part of an ongoing partisan battle. For some, it's part of a fight over a human trafficking bill that has stalled in the Senate. For others, the delay is retaliation for President Obama's 2014 executive actions on immigration. On the eve of Holder's announcement of his plans to leave the Department of Justice, the political number crunchers at FiveThrirtyEight.com predicted whoever the President nominated would.

2. Mellody Hobson:

   As an African-American who has spent my entire life in this city I love, it saddens me that young black and brown children will be denied the chance to benefit from what this museum will offer.

3. Donald Trump:

   It is like a massive wildfire that is burning the African-American community, and society has not devoted sufficient resources to control it, much less extinguish it.

4. African American:

   What it means to preserve a landmark in this instance is really about telling overlooked stories embodied in those places -- ones of African American resilience, activism and achievement -- that are fundamental to the nation itself.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Because what we will do is say, instead of giving tax breaks to millionaires, we are going to create millions of jobs for low-income kids so they're not hanging out on street corners, we're going to make sure that those kids stay in school or are able get a college education. So I think that when you give low-income kids, African-American, white, Latino kids, the opportunities to get their lives together, they are not going to end up in jail. They're going to end up in the productive economy, which is where we want them.