Afro-American
Afro-American adjective - Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry.
Usage example: Afro-American culture
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Synonyms for Afro-American
Black and Afro-American are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Black" instead an adjective phrase "Afro-American".
Black
Black adjective - Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
Usage example: "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
Afro-American and black are semantically related. You can use "Afro-American" instead an adjective "Black".
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Soul Brotha: One or more cool (but not superficial) black/Afro-American characters are present in most of his films.
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Hergé was also forced to change several Afro-American or black characters in "Tintin in America" and "The Crab With The Golden Claws" into white people under pressure of American publishers.
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He criticized Ronald Reagan's politics, as well as the Apartheid system in South Africa.Scott-Heron's importance within the Afro-American and black consciousness movement can't be overstated.
Source: Music / Gil Scott-Heron
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Black and Afro-American. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afro-american/black
Afro-American & Black. N.p., 2017. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/afro-american/black>.
Black or Afro-American. 2017. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/afro-american/black.
