interracial

adjective

in·​ter·​ra·​cial ˌin-tər-ˈrā-shəl 

: of, involving, or designed for members of different races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

interracially

ˌin-tər-ˈrā-shə-lē 

adverb

Examples of interracial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unfortunately, the director had plans for a subsequent romantic entanglement and felt America was not yet ready for an interracial love. —Stuart Miller, Variety, 10 July 2025

High temperature: 98 degrees (1974) Low temperature: 50 degrees (1895) Precipitation: 2.43 inches (1946) Snowfall: None 1893: The first successful open-heart surgery took place at Provident Hospital — the city’s first interracial hospital — on Chicago’s South Side. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025

The Topper Club was an interracial primarily gay male space where black and white men could find each other. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025

Ferguson, an Asheville native and co-founder of North Carolina’s first interracial law firm, died Monday at the age of 82, his son confirmed to The Charlotte Observer. —Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interracial

• craniofacial
• interfacial
• interglacial
• multiracial
• orofacial
• periglacial
• bifacial
• biracial
• palatial
• postglacial
• preglacial
• subglacial

Kids Definition

interracial

adjective

in·​ter·​ra·​cial ˌint-ər-ˈrā-shəl 

: of, involving, or designed for members of different races