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Synonyms for nigger

  • noun

Most common

ninja homie black jack tar baby spade coon kaffir wog

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Nigga — A friend, particularly a fellow black person (often as an informal term of address)

homie, ninja, nigga vulgar

2. Nigra

nigra vulgar, jigaboo vulgar slang

3. Black jack

black jack, black canker, black palmer informal dated

Other

coon, spade, wog, kaffir, tar baby, jungle bunny UK US, spook, boot lip, jogger, darkie, blackie, brillo pad

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A friend, particularly a fellow black person (often as an informal term of address).

  2. n. 2

    A black person; a person of black African descent.

  3. n. 3

    A black person; a person of black African descent. A person of black African descent who behaves badly or unconventionally (whether the speaker approves or disapproves).

Related words

Word family
nigfant nigga niggeration niggerbabble niggerball niggercide niggerdom niggerese
Phrases
red nigger prairie nigger timber nigger curry nigger tree nigger nigger tobacco plantation nigger farm nigger
Is a kind of
colored minority nonwhite

Forms

Plural
niggers → homies, ninjas, niggas, nigras…

Example sentences

  • ninja He was like a ninja hiding behind one of our cars!
  • homie Homie, how did you cross over there?
  • spade He's the sort of person who calls a spade a spade.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
niggerrising
ninjarising
homiesteady
spadesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wog
4 letters
coon1
5 letters
ninja2, nigga, homie, spade1, spook1, nigra
6 letters
jogger2, kaffir, darkie2
7 letters
blackie2, jigaboo

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ninja2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
négro