Thesaurus:Native American

English

Noun

Sense: a member of the indigenous peoples of North America

Synonyms

  • American Indian
  • Amerind (rare)
  • Amerindian (chiefly Latin America)
  • First American
  • Indian (misnomer)
  • Indigenous American
  • Indigenous North American
  • Injun (offensive, dated)
  • injun (offensive, dated)
  • Native American
  • NDN (slang)
  • Red Indian (offensive, dated)
  • red man (now offensive, dated)
  • redman (now offensive, dated)
  • redskin (now offensive, dated)

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Further reading

  • “Indian” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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