nigger

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nig=ger

CIDE DICTIONARY

nigger, n. 

 A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation. It is usually intended and interpreted as highly insulting and vulgar.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nigger, n. offens.
1 a Black person.
2 a dark-skinned person.

Idiom

a nigger in the woodpile a hidden cause of trouble or inconvenience.

Etymology

earlier neger f. F n{egrave}gre f. Sp. negro NEGRO

THESAURUS

nigger

American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow man

ROGET THESAURUS

nigger

Blackness

N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning, blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.