Thesaurus:Native American
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a member of the indigenous peoples of North America
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- 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)
Hyponyms
[edit]- Abenaki
- Alabama
- Apache
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Awaswas
- Bannock
- Beothuk
- Cahokia
- Cahuilla
- Catawba
- Cayuse
- Chehalis
- Cherokee
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chilcotin
- Chinook
- Chipewyan
- Chippewa
- Chiricahua
- Choctaw
- Chʼortiʼ
- Chumash
- Cochiti
- Cocopah
- Coeur d'Alene
- Comanche
- Coushatta
- Cree
- Creek
- Crow
- Cupeño
- Cusabo
- Dakota
- Delaware
- Dena'ina
- Edisto
- Erie
- Guale
- Haida
- Haudenosaunee
- Hia C-ed O'odham
- Hidatsa
- Hitchiti
- Ho-Chunk
- Hopi
- Hualapai
- Hupa
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Iroquois
- Isleta
- Iswa
- Jemez
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karuk
- Kaska
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Klamath
- Koyukon
- Kutenai
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Lakota
- Lenape
- Lillooet
- Maidu
- Makah
- Mandan
- Maricopa
- Massachusett
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Mi'kmaq
- Miwok
- Modoc
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mono
- Montagnais
- Muskogee
- Nambé
- Nanticoke
- Narragansett
- Naskapi
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nez Perce
- Nootka
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Ohlone
- Ojibwe
- Okanagan
- Omaha
- Oneida
- O'odham
- Osage
- Otoe
- Ottawa
- Ouachita
- Paiute
- Papago
- Pawnee
- Penobscot
- Pensacola
- Peoria
- Picuris
- Pima
- Pojoaque
- Pomo
- Ponca
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Puebloan
- Pueblo Indian
- Quapaw
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Rumsen
- Sakonnet
- Salinan
- Salish
- Sandia
- Sauk
- Sekani
- Seminole
- Seneca
- Shawnee
- Shinnecock
- Shoshone
- Shuswap
- Siletz
- Sioux
- Skidi
- Snoqualmie
- Spokane
- Sts'Ailes
- Susquehannock
- Syilx
- Tahltan
- Tamaroa
- Tataviam
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tongva
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tuscarora
- Umatilla
- Ute
- Walla Walla
- Wanapum
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yamasee
- Yuchi
- Yurok
- Zuni
Hypernyms
[edit]Holonyms
[edit]- First Nations (Canada)
Further reading
[edit]- “Indian” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.