African American Vernacular English

A form of African-American Vernacular English — A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.

Similar
AAVEAfrican American EnglishBlack EnglishBlack English VernacularBlack VernacularBlack Vernacular EnglishEbonics
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

African American Vernacular English1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of African-American Vernacular English.

African American vernacular English2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of African-American Vernacular English.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

Similar
AAVEAfrican American EnglishBlack EnglishBlack English VernacularBlack VernacularBlack Vernacular EnglishEbonics
Broader
American EnglishAmerican languageAmerican
Also see
black englishblack english vernacularebonics

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

African American Vernacular English. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20American%20Vernacular%20English

MLA

“African American Vernacular English.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20American%20Vernacular%20English. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “African American Vernacular English,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20American%20Vernacular%20English.

Source: African American Vernacular English on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.