Thesaurus:person of color

Thesaurus:person of color

THESAURUS

person of color

English

Synonyms

• colored person (dated)

• minority (US)

• nonwhite (uncommon)

• person of color (politically correct)

Hyponyms

• African-American

• Afro-American

• black    [WS]

• brownie

• coon (offensive)

• darkey (offensive)

• darkie (offensive)

• darky (offensive)

• jigaboo (offensive)

• jungle bunny (offensive)

• kaffir (offensive)

• Native American    [WS]

• Negro (dated, typically offensive)

• negress (offensive)

• nigga (typically offensive)

• nigger (offensive)

• sand nigger (offensive)

• spade (offensive)

Hypernyms

• person    [WS]

See also

• visible minority
• Category:English ethnic slurs

Further reading

• “431. blackness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “Negro” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.