a word formerly used for Asian
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
A•si•at•ic /ˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/USA pronunciation
adj., n. [countable][Sometimes Offensive.]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Language Varieties Asian.
A•si•at•ic
(ā′zhē at′ik, ā′shē-, ā′zē-),USA pronunciation n., adj. [Sometimes Offensive.]
A′si•at′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Language VarietiesAsian.
- Greek Asiātikos. See Asia, -atic
- Latin Asiāticus
- 1625–35
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'Asiatic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abydos
- Afro
- Afro-
- Afroasiatic
- Akkadian
- Amharic
- Amur cork tree
- Arabic
- Aramaic
- Asia Minor
- Asiatic beetle
- Asiatic cholera
- Asiatic elephant
- Assyrian
- Austro-
- Austroasiatic
- Babylonian
- Berber
- Chukchi
- Coptic
- Cushitic
- Egyptian
- Ethiopic
- Hamitic
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Hun
- Itelmen
- Jersey Giant
- Korean lawn grass
- Koryak
- Langshan
- Paleo-Asiatic
- Paleosiberian
- Phoenician
- Semitic
- Somali
- Tigre
- ass
- bird's-nest soup
- black bear
- caragana
- chigetai
- cholera
- comma bacillus
- falconet
- golden pheasant
- gourami
- half-Asiatic
- horde