CARIB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carib mean? 

• CARIB (noun)
  The noun CARIB has 2 senses:

1. a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles

2. the family of languages spoken by the Carib

  Familiarity information: CARIB used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARIB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carib; Carib Indian

Hypernyms ("Carib" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The family of languages spoken by the Carib

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Carib; Caribbean language

Hypernyms ("Carib" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)