yankee

/jˈæŋki/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

noun

1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. an American who lives in New England
3. an American (especially to non-Americans)

Synonyms for yankee

• northern
• Yank
• Northerner
• New Englander
• Yankee-Doodle

Words that rhyme with yankee

• cranky
• lanky
• hankey
• hanky
• branki
• francie
• frankie
• pankki
• panky
• postipankki
• sankei
• sankey
• stankey
• yankey