Home › Words › C › cushiticcushitic/kʊˈʃɪtɪk/cushitic · adj — pertaining to the Cushites.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).cushitic is pronounced /kʊˈʃɪtɪk/.EtymologyFrom Cushite + -ic; 19th century.adjPertaining to the Cushites.nameA subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages.nounA Cushite.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cushite 84% match — Pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, historically considered the descendants of biblical Cush. vs cushitic →cushiticness 80% match — The quality or state of being Cushitic. vs cushitic →cushiticist 77% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Cushitic languages. vs cushitic →cushitism 72% match — A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Cushitic language. vs cushitic →ethiosemitic 61% match — Of or pertaining to the Ethiosemitic language family. vs cushitic →bishari 60% match — A Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting parts of Northeast Africa. vs cushitic →hamitic 60% match — of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages. vs cushitic →ethiopic 59% match — Ethiopian vs cushitic →