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Negro

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

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Black 84% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Black 84% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Colored 76% connected

of Color

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Coloured 76% connected

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Darky 76% connected

A negro.

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Negress 76% connected

A black woman; a female negro.

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Nigger 76% connected

A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.

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Pickaninny 76% connected

A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.

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Tom 76% connected

The knave of trumps at gleek.

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Black 92% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Colored 92% connected

of Color

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coloured 92% connected

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oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Negroid 92% connected

Characteristic of the negro.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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