non-American

adjective

non-Amer·​i·​can ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən 

-ˈmər-, 

-ˈme-rə-

: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American

… his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.

—John Barth

non-American noun

… those things that non-Americans most immediately associate with America.

—Anthony Quinton

Examples of non-American in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hansen is not only the first Canadian to fly to the moon, but also the first non-American to do so. —Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026

The mission also carries historic firsts, with Glover becoming the first person of color to travel around the Moon, Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first non-American astronaut to undertake such a journey. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026

Glover will become the first Black man to travel to deep space, Koch the first woman and Hansen the first non-American. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026

And with Glover, Koch and Hansen aboard, the journey represents the first time a Black astronaut, a woman astronaut and a non-American astronaut, respectively, have ventured this far. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for non-American

• american