Synonyms and antonyms of Describing people according to the part of the world they come from in American Thesaurus

Aboriginal (adjective)

belonging to any of the groups of people who lived in Australia before European people came to live there

Afghan (adjective)

someone who is Afghan is from Afghanistan

African (adjective)

someone who is African is from Africa

Albanian (adjective)

someone who is Albanian is from Albania

Algerian (adjective)

someone who is Algerian is from Algeria

American (adjective)

someone who is American is from the U.S.

American (adjective)

someone who is American is from North America, South America, or the Caribbean

Andorran (adjective)

someone who is Andorran is from Andorra

Anglo-Saxon (adjective)

relating to white English-speaking people in the U.S., especially people whose families originally came from the U.K. or northern Europe

Angolan (adjective)

someone who is Angolan is from Angola

Antiguan (adjective)

someone who is Antiguan is from Antigua

Argentine (adjective)

someone who is Argentine is from Argentina

Argentinian (adjective)

someone who is Argentinian is from Argentina

Armenian (adjective)

someone who is Armenian is from Armenia

Asian (adjective)

someone who is Asian is from Asia, especially one of the countries in East and Southeast Asia such as China, Japan, Thailand, or Korea

Australian (adjective)

someone who is Australian is from Australia

Austrian (adjective)

someone who is Austrian is from Austria

Azerbaijani (adjective)

someone who is Azerbaijani is from Azerbaijan

Azeri (adjective)

someone who is Azeri is from Azerbaijan

Bahamian (adjective)

someone who is Bahamian is from the Bahamas

Bahraini (adjective)

someone who is Bahraini is from Bahrain

Bangladeshi (adjective)

someone who is Bangladeshi is from Bangladesh

Barbadian (adjective)

someone who is Barbadian is from Barbados

Basque (adjective)

someone who is Basque is from the Basque Country of southern France and northern Spain

Belarusian (adjective)

someone who is Belarusian is from Belarus

Belgian (adjective)

someone who is Belgian is from Belgium

Belizean (adjective)

someone who is Belizean is from Belize

Belorussian (adjective)

Belarusian

Beninese (adjective)

someone who is Beninese is from Benin

Bhutanese (adjective)

someone who is Bhutanese is from Bhutan

Bolivian (adjective)

someone who is Bolivian is from Bolivia

Bosnian (adjective)

someone who is Bosnian is from Bosnia, or from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswanan (adjective)

someone who is Botswanan is from Botswana

Brazilian (adjective)

someone who is Brazilian is from Brazil

British (adjective)

someone who is British comes from the U.K.

Bruneian (adjective)

someone who is Bruneian is from Brunei

Bulgarian (adjective)

someone who is Bulgarian is from Bulgaria

Burkinan (adjective)

someone who is Burkinan is from Burkina Faso

Burmese (adjective)

someone who is Burmese is from Myanmar

Burundian (adjective)

someone who is Burundian is from Burundi

Cambodian (adjective)

someone who is Cambodian is from Cambodia

Cameroonian (adjective)

someone who is Cameroonian is from Cameroon

Canadian (adjective)

someone who is Canadian is from Canada

Canuck (adjective)

informal Canadian

Cape Verdean (adjective)

someone who is Cape Verdean is from Cabo Verde

Caucasian (adjective)

formal used for describing a white person, for example from Europe, North America, or Australia

Central African (adjective)

someone who is Central African is from Central Africa

Chadian (adjective)

someone who is Chadian is from Chad

Chilean (adjective)

someone who is Chilean is from Chile

Chinese (adjective)

someone who is Chinese is from China

Colombian (adjective)

someone who is Colombian is from Colombia

colonial (noun)

someone who lives in a country that is controlled by their own country

Comoran (adjective)

someone who is Comoran is from the Comoros

Costa Rican (adjective)

someone who is Costa Rican is from Costa Rica

Croatian (adjective)

someone who is Croatian is from Croatia

Cuban (adjective)

someone who is Cuban is from Cuba

Cypriot (adjective)

someone who is Cypriot is from Cyprus

Czech (adjective)

someone who is Czech is from the Czech Republic

Danish (adjective)

someone who is Danish is from Denmark

Djiboutian (adjective)

someone who is Djiboutian is from Djibouti

Dominican (adjective)

someone who is Dominican is from Dominica

Dutch (adjective)

someone who is Dutch is from the Netherlands

East Timorese (adjective)

someone who is East Timorese is from East Timor

Ecuadorian (adjective)

someone who is Ecuadorian is from Ecuador

Egyptian (adjective)

someone who is Egyptian is from Egypt

Emirati (adjective)

someone who is Emirati is from the United Arab Emirates

English (adjective)

someone who is English is from England

Equatorial Guinean (adjective)

someone who is Equatorial Guinean is from Equatorial Guinea

Eritrean (adjective)

someone who is Eritrean is from Eritrea

Estonian (adjective)

someone who is Estonian is from Estonia

Ethiopian (adjective)

someone who is Ethiopian is from Ethiopia

Eurasian (adjective)

someone who is Eurasian is part white and part Asian

Fijian (adjective)

someone who is Fijian is from Fiji

Filipino (adjective)

someone who is Filipino is from the Philippines

Finnish (adjective)

someone who is Finnish is from Finland

Flemish (adjective)

someone who is Flemish comes from Flanders in Belgium

French (adjective)

someone who is French is from France

Gabonese (adjective)

someone who is Gabonese is from Gabon

Gallic (adjective)

formal French, or considered typical of France or French people

Gambian (adjective)

someone who is Gambian is from The Gambia

Georgian (adjective)

someone who is Georgian is from the central Asian country of Georgia

German (adjective)

someone who is German is from Germany

Ghanaian (adjective)

someone who is Ghanaian is from Ghana

Greek (adjective)

someone who is Greek is from Greece

Grenadian (adjective)

someone who is Grenadian is from Grenada

Guatemalan (adjective)

someone who is Guatemalan is from Guatemala

Guinea-Bissauan (adjective)

someone who is Guinea-Bissauan is from Guinea-Bissau

Guinean (adjective)

someone who is Guinean is from Guinea

Gujarati (adjective)

someone who is Gujarati is from the state of Gujarat in western India

Guyanese (adjective)

someone who is Guyanese is from Guyana

Haitian (adjective)

someone who is Haitian is from Haiti

Hispanic (adjective)

used for describing someone, especially someone in the U.S., whose family originally came from Spain or another country where Spanish is spoken

Honduran (adjective)

someone who is Honduran is from Honduras

Hungarian (adjective)

someone who is Hungarian is from Hungary

Icelandic (adjective)

someone who is Icelandic is from Iceland

Indian (adjective)

someone who is Indian is from India

Indonesian (adjective)

someone who is Indonesian is from Indonesia

Iranian (adjective)

someone who is Iranian is from Iran

Iraqi (adjective)

someone who is Iraqi is from Iraq

Irish (adjective)

someone who is Irish is from Ireland

Israeli (adjective)

someone who is Israeli is from Israel

Italian (adjective)

someone who is Italian is from Italy

Ivorian (adjective)

someone who is Ivorian is from Côte d'Ivoire

Jamaican (adjective)

someone who is Jamaican is from Jamaica

Japanese (adjective)

someone who is Japanese is from Japan

Jordanian (adjective)

someone who is Jordanian is from Jordan

Kazakh (adjective)

someone who is Kazakh is from Kazakhstan

Kenyan (adjective)

someone who is Kenyan is from Kenya

Kittitian (adjective)

someone who is Kittitian is from St. Kitts

Korean (adjective)

someone who is Korean is from Korea

Kuwaiti (adjective)

someone who is Kuwaiti is from Kuwait

Kyrgyz (adjective)

someone who is Kyrgyz is from Kyrgyzstan

Laotian (adjective)

someone who is Laotian is from Laos

Latin American (adjective)

someone who is Latin American is from Mexico, Central America, or South America

Latvian (adjective)

someone who is Latvian is from Latvia

Lebanese (adjective)

someone who is Lebanese is from Lebanon

Liberian (adjective)

someone who is Liberian is from Liberia

Libyan (adjective)

someone who is Libyan is from Libya

Lithuanian (adjective)

someone who is Lithuanian is from Lithuania

Malawian (adjective)

someone who is Malawian is from Malawi

Malay (adjective)

someone who is Malay is a member of a race of people from Malaysia and Indonesia

Malaysian (adjective)

someone who is Malaysian is from Malaysia

Maldivian (adjective)

someone who is Maldivian is from the Maldives

Maltese (adjective)

someone who is Maltese is from Malta

Manx (adjective)

someone who is Manx is from the Isle of Man

Mauritanian (adjective)

someone who is Mauritanian is from Mauritania

Mauritian (adjective)

someone who is Mauritian is from Mauritius

Moldovan (adjective)

someone who is Moldovan is from Moldova

Monegasque (adjective)

someone who is Monegasque is from Monaco

Mongolian (adjective)

someone who is Mongolian is from Mongolia

Montenegrin (adjective)

someone who is Montenegrin is from Montenegro

Moroccan (adjective)

someone who is Moroccan is from Morocco

Mozambican (adjective)

someone who is Mozambican is from Mozambique

Namibian (adjective)

someone who is Namibian is from Namibia

Nauruan (adjective)

someone who is Nauruan is from Nauru

Nepalese (adjective)

someone who is Nepalese is from Nepal

Nevisian (adjective)

someone who is Nevisian is from Nevis

Nicaraguan (adjective)

someone who is Nicaraguan is from Nicaragua

Nigerian (adjective)

someone who is Nigerian is from Nigeria

Nigerien (adjective)

someone who is Nigerien is from Niger

Nordic (adjective)

someone who is Nordic is from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland

North Korean (adjective)

someone who is North Korean is from North Korea

Norwegian (adjective)

someone who is Norwegian is from Norway

of Chinese/German etc. extraction ()

to be part of a family that is originally from China/Germany etc.

Omani (adjective)

someone who is Omani is from Oman

Pakistani (adjective)

someone who is Pakistani is from Pakistan

Palestinian (adjective)

someone who is Palestinian is from Palestine

Panamanian (adjective)

someone who is Panamanian is from Panama

Paraguayan (adjective)

someone who is Paraguayan is from Paraguay

Persian (adjective)

someone who was Persian came from the ancient country of Persia

Persian (adjective)

someone who is Persian comes from the modern country of Iran. The usual word is Iranian.

Peruvian (adjective)

someone who is Peruvian is from Peru

Polish (adjective)

someone who is Polish comes from Poland

the Portuguese (adjective)

someone who is Portuguese is from Portugal

Punjabi (adjective)

someone who is Punjabi is from Punjab

Qatari (adjective)

someone who is Qatari is from Qatar

Romanian (adjective)

someone who is Romanian is from Romania

Russian (adjective)

someone who is Russian is from Russia

Rwandese (adjective)

someone who is Rwandese is from Rwanda

Saint Lucian (adjective)

someone who is Saint Lucian is from Saint Lucia

Salvadorean (adjective)

someone who is Salvadorean is from El Salvador

Samoan (adjective)

someone who is Samoan is from Samoa

Sanmarinese (adjective)

someone who is Sanmarinese is from San Marino

São Toméan (adjective)

someone who is São Toméan is from São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi (adjective)

someone who is Saudi is from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian (adjective)

someone who is Saudi Arabian is from Saudi Arabia

Scandinavian (adjective)

someone who is Scandinavian is from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, or Finland

Semitic (adjective)

someone who is Semitic belongs to the group of people originally from the Middle East that includes Jews and Arabs

Senegalese (adjective)

someone who is Senegalese is from Senegal

Serb (adjective)

from Serbia

Serbian (adjective)

someone who is Serbian is from Serbia

Seychellois (adjective)

someone who is Seychellois is from the Seychelles

Sierra Leonean (adjective)

someone who is Sierra Leonean is from Sierra Leone

Singaporean (adjective)

someone who is Singaporean is from Singapore

Singhalese ()

another spelling of Sinhalese

Sinhalese (adjective)

someone who is Sinhalese is a member of the main group of people who live in Sri Lanka

Slovak (adjective)

someone who is Slovak or Slovakian is from Slovakia

Slovene (adjective)

someone who is Slovene is from Slovenia

Somali (adjective)

someone who is Somali is from Somalia

Sotho (adjective)

someone who is Sotho belongs to a group of people from Lesotho and South Africa

South African (adjective)

someone who is South African is from South Africa

South Korean (adjective)

someone who is South Korean is from South Korea

South Sudanese (adjective)

someone who is South Sudanese is from South Sudan

Spanish (adjective)

someone who is Spanish is from Spain

Sri Lankan (adjective)

someone who is Sri Lankan is from Sri Lanka

Sudanese (adjective)

someone who is Sudanese is from Sudan

Swazi (adjective)

someone who is Swazi is from Swaziland

Swedish (adjective)

someone who is Swedish is from Sweden

Swiss (adjective)

someone who is Swiss is from Switzerland

Syrian (adjective)

someone who is Syrian is from Syria

Tajik (adjective)

someone who is Tajik is from Tajikistan

Tamil (adjective)

someone who is Tamil belongs to a group of people from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka or Singapore

Tanzanian (adjective)

someone who is Tanzanian is from Tanzania

Thai (adjective)

someone who is Thai comes from Thailand

Tobagan (adjective)

someone who is Tobagan is from Tobago

Togolese (adjective)

someone who is Togolese is from Togo

Tongan (adjective)

someone who is Tongan is from Tonga

Trinidadian (adjective)

someone who is Trinidadian is from Trinidad

Tunisian (adjective)

someone who is Tunisian is from Tunisia

Turkish (adjective)

someone who is Turkish is from Turkey

Turkmen (adjective)

someone who is Turkmen is from Turkmenistan

Tuvaluan (adjective)

someone who is Tuvaluan is from Tuvalu

Ugandan (adjective)

someone who is Ugandan is from Uganda

Ukrainian (adjective)

someone who is Ukrainian is from Ukraine

Uruguayan (adjective)

someone who is Uruguayan is from Uruguay

Uzbek (adjective)

someone who is Uzbek is from Uzbekistan

Vanuatuan (adjective)

someone who is Vanuatuan is from Vanuatu

Venezuelan (adjective)

someone who is Venezuelan is from Venezuela

Vietnamese (adjective)

someone who is Vietnamese is from Vietnam

Vincentian (adjective)

someone who is Vincentian is from St Vincent and the Grenadines, or from the island of St Vincent

Welsh (adjective)

someone who is Welsh is from Wales

Yemeni (adjective)

someone who is Yemeni is from Yemen

Zambian (adjective)

someone who is Zambian is from Zambia

Zimbabwean (adjective)

someone who is Zimbabwean is from Zimbabwe