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

Aboriginal (noun)

old-fashioned an Australian Aboriginal person. This word is now considered offensive when used as a noun.

Aborigine (noun)

offensive an Australian Aboriginal person. This word was commonly used in the past, but is now considered offensive.

Afghan (noun)

someone from Afghanistan

Afghanistani (noun)

someone from Afghanistan

African (noun)

someone from Africa

African-Caribbean (noun)

someone from the Caribbean who belongs to a race of people that has dark skin and whose family originally came from Africa

Afrikaner (noun)

someone from South Africa whose family originally came from northern Europe, especially during the 17th century

Afro-Caribbean (noun)

an African-Caribbean

Alaska Native (noun)

American someone who belongs to one of the groups of people who lived in Alaska before Europeans arrived

Albanian (noun)

someone from Albania

Algerian (noun)

someone from Algeria

allophone (noun)

Canadian someone living in Canada who does not speak English or French as their first language

Amerasian (noun)

someone who has one parent from the U.S. and one parent from Asia

American (noun)

someone from the U.S.

American (noun)

someone from North America, South America, or the Caribbean

American Indian (noun)

a Native American

Amerindian (noun)

a Native American. This word is used especially in books about Native American society or languages.

Andorran (noun)

someone from Andorra

Anglo (noun)

a white person who speaks English, especially one whose family originally came from Britain

Anglo-American (noun)

someone from the U.S. whose family originally came from the U.K.

Anglo-Asian (noun)

someone from the U.K. whose family originally came from Asia

Anglo-Indian (noun)

someone whose family was partly British and partly Indian

Anglo-Indian (noun)

old-fashioned a British person who has lived in India for a long time or was born there, especially during the time when India was ruled by the U.K.

Angolan (noun)

someone from Angola

Antiguan (noun)

someone from Antigua

Arab (noun)

someone from the Middle East or North Africa who speaks Arabic

Argentinian (noun)

someone from Argentina

Armenian (noun)

someone from Armenia

Asian (noun)

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

Asian-American (noun)

someone who lives in the U.S. but whose family is from Asia

Australasian (noun)

someone from Australasia (=the area of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the nearby Pacific islands)

Australian (noun)

someone from Australia

Austrian (noun)

someone from Austria

Azerbaijani (noun)

someone from Azerbaijan

Azeri (noun)

someone from Azerbaijan

Bahamian (noun)

someone from the Bahamas

Bahraini (noun)

someone from Bahrain

Bangladeshi (noun)

someone from Bangladesh

Barbadian (noun)

someone from Barbados

the Basotho (noun)

a group of people from Lesotho and South Africa

Basque (noun)

someone from the Basque Country of southern France and northern Spain

Bedouin (noun)

someone who belongs to an Arab people that lives in the desert in tents

Belarusian (noun)

someone from Belarus

Belgian (noun)

someone from Belgium

Belizean (noun)

someone from Belize

Belorussian (noun)

a Belarusian

Bengali (noun)

someone from Bangladesh or West Bengal in India

the Beninese (noun)

the people of Benin

the Bhutanese (noun)

the people of Bhutan

Boer (noun)

someone whose family went from the Netherlands to live in South Africa a long time ago

Bolivian (noun)

someone from Bolivia

Bosnian (noun)

someone from Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswanan (noun)

someone from Botswana

Brazilian (noun)

someone from Brazil

the British (adjective)

the people of the U.K.

Briton (noun)

mainly journalism someone from the U.K.. The usual way of talking about someone from the U.K. is to say that he or she is British.

Bruneian (noun)

someone from Brunei

Bulgarian (noun)

someone from Bulgaria

Burkinan (noun)

someone from Burkina Faso

the Burmese (noun)

the people of Myanmar

Burundian (noun)

someone from Burundi

Bushman (noun)

a member of a group of people who live in southern Africa and who traditionally lived by hunting

Cajun (noun)

a member of a group of people in the state of Louisiana who speak a type of French and are known for their folk music and spicy food

Cambodian (noun)

someone from Cambodia

Cameroonian (noun)

someone from Cameroon

Canadian (noun)

a person from Canada

Cape Verdean (noun)

someone from Cabo Verde

Celt (noun)

someone who is related to the ancient Celts

Central African (noun)

someone from Central Africa

Chadian (noun)

someone from Chad

Chicana (noun)

American a female citizen of the U.S. who was born in Mexico or whose family was originally from Mexico

Chicano (noun)

American a male citizen of the U.S. who was born in Mexico or whose family was originally from Mexico

Chilean (noun)

someone from Chile

Colombian (noun)

someone from Colombia

Comoran (noun)

someone from the Comoros

the Congolese (noun)

the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or of the Republic of the Congo

Costa Rican (noun)

someone from Costa Rica

creole (noun)

someone with French ancestors who lives in the southern U.S.

creole (noun)

someone with European and African ancestors who lives in the West Indies

creole (noun)

someone with Spanish ancestors who lives in the Caribbean, Central America, or South America

Croat (noun)

someone from Croatia

Cuban (noun)

someone from Cuba

Cypriot (noun)

someone from Cyprus

Czech (noun)

someone from the Czech Republic

Dane (noun)

someone from Denmark

Djiboutian (noun)

someone from Djibouti

Dominican (noun)

someone from the Dominican Republic

Dominican (noun)

someone from Dominica

the Dutch (noun)

the people of the Netherlands

Dutchman (noun)

a man from the Netherlands

Dutchwoman (noun)

a woman from the Netherlands

easterner (noun)

someone from the eastern U.S., especially the northeastern part of the country

the East Timorese (noun)

the people of East Timor

Ecuadorian (noun)

someone from Ecuador

Egyptian (noun)

someone from Egypt

Emirati (noun)

someone from the United Arab Emirates

the English (noun)

the people of England. You use Englishman or Englishwoman to talk about one English person

Englishman (noun)

a man from England

Englishwoman (noun)

a woman from England

Equatorial Guinean (noun)

someone from Equatorial Guinea

Eritrean (noun)

someone from Eritrea

Estonian (noun)

someone from Estonia

Ethiopian (noun)

someone from Ethiopia

European (noun)

someone who is from Europe

Fijian (noun)

someone from Fiji

Filipina (noun)

a woman or girl from the Philippines

Filipino (noun)

someone from the Philippines

Finn (noun)

someone from Finland

First Australians (noun)

the Aboriginal people of Australia, who lived there before Europeans arrived

First Nation (noun)

Canadian one of the groups of people who originally lived in North, Central, and South America before European people came to live there

First Nation peoples (noun)

Australian the various groups of people who lived in Australia for thousands of years before Europeans came to live there

the French (noun)

the people of France. You refer to one person from France as a French person, a Frenchman, or a Frenchwoman

French Canadian (noun)

someone from the part of Canada where most people speak French

Frenchman (noun)

a man from France

Frenchwoman (noun)

a woman from France

the Gabonese (noun)

the people of Gabon

Gambian (noun)

someone from The Gambia

German (noun)

someone from Germany

Ghanaian (noun)

someone from Ghana

Greek (noun)

a person from Greece

Grenadian (noun)

someone from Grenada

Guatemalan (noun)

someone from Guatemala

Guinea-Bissauan (noun)

someone from Guinea-Bissau

Guinean (noun)

someone from Guinea

Gujarati (noun)

someone from the state of Gujarat in western India

the Guyanese (noun)

the people of Guyana

Haitian (noun)

someone from Haiti

Highlander (noun)

someone who comes from the Scottish Highlands

Hispanic (noun)

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

Honduran (noun)

someone from Honduras

Hungarian (noun)

someone from Hungary

Icelander (noun)

someone from Iceland

Indian (noun)

someone from India, or whose family originally came from India

Indonesian (noun)

someone from Indonesia

Inuit (noun)

a member of a group of people who live in northern Siberia, Canada, Alaska, and Greenland

Iranian (noun)

someone from Iran

Iraqi (noun)

someone from Iraq

the Irish (noun)

the people of Ireland. An Irishman is a man from Ireland and an Irishwoman is a woman from Ireland.

Irishman (noun)

a man from Ireland

Israeli (noun)

someone from Israel

Italian (noun)

someone from Italy

Ivorian (noun)

someone from Côte d'Ivoire

Jamaican (noun)

someone from Jamaica

the Japanese (noun)

someone from Japan

the Japanese (noun)

the people of Japan

Jordanian (noun)

someone from Jordan

Kazakh (noun)

someone from Kazakhstan

Kenyan (noun)

someone from Kenya

Khoisan (noun)

peoples who lived in southern Africa for a long time before other people came to live there

Kittitian (noun)

someone from St. Kitts

Koori (noun)

Australian an Aboriginal person

Korean (noun)

someone from Korea

Kurd (noun)

a member of a group of people from the Middle East, especially parts of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran

Kuwaiti (noun)

someone from Kuwait

Kyrgyz (noun)

someone from Kyrgyzstan

Laotian (noun)

someone from Laos

Latin (noun)

someone from a European country such as Italy or Spain whose language developed from Latin

Latin (noun)

Americanold-fashioned a Latino

Latina (noun)

a woman or girl from Mexico, Central America, or South America who speaks Spanish or Portuguese

Latina (noun)

a woman or girl who is a citizen of the U.S. and whose family was originally from Mexico, Central America, or South America

Latin American (noun)

someone from Mexico, Central America, or South America who speaks Spanish or Portuguese

Latino (noun)

someone from Mexico, Central America, or South America who speaks Spanish or Portuguese

Latino (noun)

a citizen of the U.S. whose family was originally from Mexico, Central America, or South America

Latvian (noun)

someone from Latvia

the Lebanese (noun)

the people of Lebanon

Liberian (noun)

someone from Liberia

Libyan (noun)

someone from Libya

Liechtensteiner (noun)

someone from Liechtenstein

Lithuanian (noun)

someone from Lithuania

Luxembourger (noun)

someone from Luxembourg

the Malagasy (noun)

the people of Madagascar

Malawian (noun)

someone from Malawi

Malay (noun)

a member of a race of people from Malaysia and Indonesia

Malaysian (noun)

someone from Malaysia

Maldivian (noun)

someone from the Maldives

Malian (noun)

someone from Mali

the Maltese (noun)

the people of Malta

Manx (noun)

the people of the Isle of Man

Maori (noun)

someone who belongs to the race of people who were living in New Zealand before Europeans arrived

the Marshallese (noun)

the people of the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islander (noun)

someone from the Marshall Islands

Mauritanian (noun)

someone from Mauritania

Mauritian (noun)

someone from Mauritius

mestiza (noun)

a South American woman who has some ancestors who are Spanish and some who are Native American

mestizo (noun)

a South American man who has some ancestors who are Spanish and some who are Native American

Mexican (noun)

someone from Mexico

Micronesian (noun)

someone from Micronesia

Moldovan (noun)

someone from Moldova

Monegasque (noun)

someone from Monaco

Mongolian (noun)

someone from Mongolia

Montenegrin (noun)

someone from Montenegro

Moroccan (noun)

someone from Morocco

Mosotho (noun)

a member of the Basotho people of Lesotho and South Africa

Mozambican (noun)

someone from Mozambique

Namibian (noun)

someone from Namibia

Native American (noun)

someone who belongs to one of the tribes (=groups of people) who lived in North and South America before Europeans arrived

Native Central American (noun)

someone who belongs to one of the groups of people who lived in Central America before the Europeans arrived

Native North American (noun)

someone who belongs to one of the groups of people who lived in North America before the Europeans arrived

Native South American (noun)

someone who belongs to one of the groups of people who lived in South America before the Europeans arrived

Nauruan (noun)

someone from Nauru

the Nepalese (noun)

the people of Nepal

Nevisian (noun)

someone from Nevis

New Australian (noun)

someone who has recently come to Australia to live permanently, especially someone whose first language is not English

New Zealander (noun)

someone from New Zealand

Nicaraguan (noun)

someone from Nicaragua

Nigerian (noun)

someone from Nigeria

Nigerien (noun)

someone from Niger

North Korean (noun)

someone from North Korea

Norwegian (noun)

someone from Norway

NRI (noun)

Indian English a non-resident Indian: an Indian who lives outside India

Omani (noun)

someone from Oman

Pacific Islander (noun)

someone who lives in or comes from one of the Pacific Islands

Pacific Islander (noun)

someone who comes from the United States and whose ancestors came from Melanesia, Micronesia, or Polynesia

Pak (noun)

Americaninformal someone from Pakistan

Pakistani (noun)

someone from Pakistan

Palestinian (noun)

someone from Palestine

Panamanian (noun)

someone from Panama

Paraguayan (noun)

someone from Paraguay

Persian (noun)

someone from the ancient country of Persia

Persian (noun)

someone from Iran. The usual word is Iranian.

Peruvian (noun)

someone from Peru

pigmy ()

another spelling of pygmy

Pole (noun)

someone from Poland

the Portuguese (adjective)

the people of Portugal

Punjabi (noun)

someone who comes from the Punjab region of India or Pakistan, or whose family originally comes from that area

Qatari (noun)

someone from Qatar

the Roma (noun)

the Romany people

Romanian (noun)

someone from Romania

Romany (noun)

a member of a group of people who originally came from India and who sometimes travel around rather than live in one place

Russian (noun)

someone from Russia

the Rwandese (noun)

the people of Rwanda

Saint Lucian (noun)

someone from Saint Lucia

Salvadorean (noun)

someone from El Salvador

the Sami (noun)

a group of people who live in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia

Samoan (noun)

someone from Samoa

the Sanmarinese (noun)

the people of San Marino

São Toméan (noun)

someone from São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi (noun)

someone from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian (noun)

someone from Saudi Arabia

Scandinavian (noun)

someone from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, or Finland

Scot (noun)

someone from Scotland

Scotsman (noun)

a man from Scotland

Scotswoman (noun)

a woman from Scotland

Semite (noun)

someone who belongs to any of several groups of people who originally came from the Middle East, including Jews and Arabs

the Senegalese (noun)

the people of Senegal

Serbian (noun)

someone from Serbia

the Seychellois (noun)

the people of the Seychelles

Sierra Leonean (noun)

someone from Sierra Leone

Singaporean (noun)

someone from Singapore

Singhalese ()

another spelling of Sinhalese

Sinhalese (noun)

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

Slav (noun)

someone from Russia, Poland, or any of the other countries of central and eastern Europe where people speak a Slavic language

Slovak (noun)

someone from Slovakia

Slovene (noun)

someone from Slovenia

Solomon Islander (noun)

someone from the Solomon Islands

Somali (noun)

someone from Somalia

Sotho (noun)

a member of a group of people from Lesotho and South Africa

Sotho-Tswana (noun)

a name given to a group of peoples who live in Botswana, Lesotho and central South Africa

South African (noun)

someone from South Africa

South Korean (noun)

someone from South Korea

the South Sudanese (noun)

the people of South Sudan

the Soviets (noun)

the people of the U.S.S.R. when it existed in the past

Spaniard (noun)

someone from Spain

the Spanish (noun)

the people of Spain

Sri Lankan (noun)

someone from Sri Lanka

the Sudanese (noun)

the people of Sudan

Surinamer (noun)

someone from Suriname

the Surinamese (noun)

the people of Suriname

Swahili (noun)

someone from eastern Africa who speaks Swahili as their first language

Swazi (noun)

someone from Swaziland

Swede (noun)

someone who comes from Sweden

the Swiss (noun)

the people of Switzerland

Syrian (noun)

someone from Syria

Tajik (noun)

someone from Tajikistan

Tamil (noun)

a member of a group of people from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka or Singapore

Tanzanian (noun)

someone from Tanzania

Thai (noun)

someone from Thailand

Tobagan (noun)

someone from Tobago

the Togolese (noun)

the people of Togo

Tongan (noun)

someone from Tonga

Torres Strait Islander (noun)

a person from the Torres Strait Islands, which are between northern Australia and New Guinea

treaty Indian (noun)

Canadian a member of a First Nation group that has signed a formal agreement with the government and has special rights, for example the right to live in a protected area

Trinidadian (noun)

someone from Trinidad

Tunisian (noun)

someone from Tunisia

Turk (noun)

someone from Turkey

Turkmen (noun)

someone from Turkmenistan

Tuvaluan (noun)

someone from Tuvalu

Ugandan (noun)

someone from Uganda

Ukrainian (noun)

someone from Ukraine

Uruguayan (noun)

someone from Uruguay

Uzbek (noun)

someone from Uzbekistan

Vanuatuan (noun)

someone from Vanuatu

Venezuelan (noun)

someone from Venezuela

the Vietnamese (noun)

the people of Vietnam

Vincentian (noun)

someone from St Vincent and the Grenadines, or from the island of St Vincent

volk (noun)

South African an old-fashioned name sometimes given to the Afrikaner people as a whole

the Welsh (noun)

the people of Wales. One person from Wales can be called a Welsh person, a Welshman, or a Welshwoman.

Welshman (noun)

a man from Wales

Welshwoman (noun)

a woman from Wales

westerner (noun)

someone from Western Europe or North America

Xhosa (noun)

a member of a South African people who live mainly in the Cape regions of the country

Yankee (noun)

someone from the northern part of the U.S., especially from New England

Yemeni (noun)

someone from Yemen

the Yoruba (noun)

someone who is a member of the Yoruba people of West Africa

the Yoruba (noun)

a group of people from Nigeria and Benin in West Africa

Yugoslav (noun)

someone who lived in the country of Yugoslavia, which existed between 1918 and 1991

Zambian (noun)

someone from Zambia

Zimbabwean (noun)

someone from Zimbabwe

Zulu (noun)

a member of a South African people who live mainly in the southeast of the country