Black

Definition of Black

Nouns

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

Synonyms:: Joseph Black

Example of:: chemist
a scientist who specializes in chemistry

popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

Synonyms:: Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black

Example of:: actress
a female actor

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

Synonyms:: Black person, Negro, Negroid, blackamoor

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; Negress
a Black woman or girl; Black man
a man who is Black; soul brother
a fellow Black man; boy
(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; Black woman
a woman who is Black; colored, colored person
a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive; darkey, darkie, darky
(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people; coon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, spade
(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; Tom, Uncle Tom
(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites; picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being; person of color, person of colour
(formal) any non-European non-white person

Vocabulary Lists for Black

seamanly
squire
rum
stockade
clove hitch

framed
slavery
Constitution
federal
territory

piglet
wizard
Eureka
sawhorse
gargoyle

crapper
convolute
self-reproof
cowhand
patness

Edward I
Edward II
Bruce
Angus Og
Scots

Other Spellings

Words that contain Black

American black bear

Asian black grouse

Asiatic black bear

Australian blacksnake

black

black and gold garden spider

black-and-tan coonhound

black-and-tan terrier

black-and-white

black and white

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