Synonyms and antonyms of Offensive words for people according to nationality or ethnicity in American Thesaurus

black (noun)

offensive a black person. This word is sometimes considered offensive, so you should be very careful about using it.

Canuck (noun)

Americaninformal someone who is Canadian, especially French Canadian. This word is sometimes used as an insult.

colored (noun)

offensive an offensive word for a black person

coloured ()

the British spelling of colored

Coloured (noun)

South Africanoffensive someone who has one parent or grandparent who is white and one who is not

coolie (noun)

offensive an insulting word used in the past for a worker with no special skills in China, India, and other parts of Asia

coon (noun)

offensive an offensive word for a black person

cracker (noun)

American an insulting word for a poor white person who lives in the southeastern U.S.

dago (noun)

offensive an extremely offensive word for a person from Italy, Spain, Portugal, or South America

Eskimo (noun)

old-fashioned a member of the Inuit people. This word is now sometimes considered offensive.

frog (noun)

offensive an insulting word for a French person

gipsy ()

a British spelling of gypsy

gook (noun)

Americanoffensive a very offensive word for someone from Asia

goy (noun)

offensive someone who is not Jewish

gringo (noun)

an insulting word used by some people from South America for someone from another country who speaks English, especially someone from the U.S.

gypsy (noun)

offensive a Romany

half-breed (noun)

offensive an offensive word for a person who has parents of two different races, especially someone with one white parent and one Native American parent. A more polite expression is person of mixed race.

half-caste (noun)

offensive an offensive word for someone who has parents of two different races. A more polite expression is person of mixed race.

haole (noun)

in Hawaiian English, a white person

honky (noun)

offensive an insulting word for a white person

Indian (noun)

old-fashioned a Native American

Injun (noun)

offensive an extremely offensive word for a Native American. You may see or hear this word, but do not use it.

Jerry (noun)

mainly Britishoffensiveinformal an insulting word for a German

jock (noun)

Britishoffensive an insulting word for someone from Scotland

kaffir (noun)

South Africanoffensive a black person

kafir (noun)

offensive a word meaning “non-believer,” used by some Muslims to describe someone who is not a Muslim

Kraut (noun)

offensive an insulting word for a German

makwerekwere (noun)

South Africanoffensive a term used in South Africa for foreigners from the rest of Africa

mammy (noun)

Americanoffensive an offensive word sometimes used in the past for a black woman who took care of other people’s children, mainly in the southern U.S.

mick (noun)

Britishoffensive an insulting word for an Irish person

mulatto (noun)

offensive an offensive word for someone who has one black parent and one white parent

native (noun)

offensive an offensive word for someone belonging to a group who lived in a place before Europeans arrived there

negress (noun)

offensive an offensive word for a black woman

negro (noun)

offensive a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word, used by black people as well as white.

nigger (noun)

offensive an extremely offensive word for a black person

nonwhite (adjective)

belonging to a race of people that does not have pale skin. This word is considered offensive when it is used to separate white from nonwhite people for political or economic reasons.

oriental (noun)

old-fashioned someone from eastern Asia, especially China or Japan. This word is now considered offensive.

Paddy (noun)

offensive an insulting word for an Irish person

pakeha (noun)

New Zealand a white person in New Zealand, especially someone whose family originally came from Europe

paleface (noun)

offensive a white person. This word is sometimes used as an insult by Native Americans.

pickaninny (noun)

offensive a black child. This word is sometimes used by older white people but most people consider it offensive.

Polack (noun)

American an insulting word for someone from Poland. The usual word is Pole.

pommy (noun)

Australianinformal a slightly insulting word for someone from the U.K., especially someone from England

primitive (noun)

old-fashioned someone from a primitive society. This word is now considered offensive.

Pygmy (noun)

a member of a people who are of less than average height. Most Pygmies live in Central Africa or Southeast Asia. This word is now sometimes considered offensive.

Red Indian (noun)

old-fashioned a Native American. This word is now considered to be offensive.

redskin (noun)

offensive a word used in the past to refer to a Native American, now regarded as very offensive

savage (adjective)

old-fashioned an insulting way of describing someone or something from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive.

savage (noun)

old-fashioned an insulting word for someone from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive.

spade (noun)

offensive a very offensive word for a black person

squaw (noun)

offensive an old word for a Native American woman. This is now considered offensive.

Taffy (noun)

offensive an insulting word for someone from Wales

Uncle Tom (noun)

an insulting word for a black person who the speaker thinks shows too much respect for white people. This word is used especially by other black people.

WASP (noun)

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a word for people who are white and have money, power, and opportunities that other people do not have

wetback (noun)

Americanoffensive an offensive word for someone from Mexico who goes to live in the U.S.

whitey (noun)

Americanoffensive an offensive word for a white person

wog (noun)

offensiveBritish an extremely offensive word for a black person

wog (noun)

offensiveAustralian an extremely offensive word for a person from a Mediterranean country

wop (noun)

offensive an extremely offensive word for an Italian person

Yank (noun)

impolite an insulting word for someone from the U.S.

Yankee (noun)

someone from the U.S.. This word is often used as an insulting word for referring to an American by people who are not from the U.S.

yid (noun)

offensive an extremely offensive word for a Jewish person