Ethnic

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters

Definition of Ethnic

noun

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
An ethnic minority.
A heathen, a pagan.
(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

adjective

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
"There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
"I like to eat ethnic food"
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Anagrams of Ethnic

Words You Can Make

42 words can be made from the letters in "ethnic":

5-LETTER WORDS

chine ethic niche tench thein thine

4-LETTER WORDS

cent chin chit cine cite echt etch etic hent hint inch itch nice nite tech+3 more

3-LETTER WORDS

chi eth hen het hic hie hin hit ice ich net nit nth ten the+3 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "ethnic" and rearranging:

+bbenthic bitchen

+iichnite nitchie

+kkitchen thicken

+rcithern cithren

+sethnics sthenic

Related Word Patterns

ET...Words starting with "et"...ICWords ending with "ic"All 6-letter words Unscramble "ethnic"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

exoticgentilepagan

Rhyming Words

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Related Words

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