Black person
Black person noun - A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).
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Synonyms for Black person
Nigger and black person are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Nigger" with "Black person", this terms are similar.
Nigger
Nigger noun - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.
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Synonyms for Nigger
Black person and nigger are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Black person" instead a noun "Nigger".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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No racism intended in the novel, nigger being a completely acceptable term at the time for any black person.
Source: Political Correctness Gone Mad -
When Mookie calls him out on his hypocrisy of referring to every black person he encounters as a "Nigger", Pino backtracks and says "They're different".
Source: Film / Do the Right Thing - In one of the editions, a lampshade is hung on this, with the protagonist comparing him to the type of cop who used to call a black person a nigger.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Film
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Nigger and Black person. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/black_person/nigger
Black person & Nigger. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/black_person/nigger>.
Nigger or Black person. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/black_person/nigger.
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