Home › Words › A › afromericanafromericanafromerican means of or pertaining to black Americans.EtymologyBlend of Afro- + American.adjOf or pertaining to black Americans.e.g.“the superstar black womri professor who helped build UW's Afromerican studies department” — 1991, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 16, numbers 7-12:nounAfrican-American.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.afrimerican 90% match — African-American vs afromerican →afrodescendant 71% match — A person of African descent vs afromerican →apefrican 70% match — African. vs afromerican →afric 69% match — African. vs afromerican →blafrican 69% match — A black African. vs afromerican →americoon 68% match — A black American person. vs afromerican →africoon 67% match — A black African. vs afromerican →africoonian 65% match — An African. vs afromerican →