Afro

[af-roh] / ˈæf roʊ /

NOUN

frizzy hairstyle

Synonyms

WEAK

curly hair fro

Example Sentences

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After teaching a quick lesson on Charles Mingus, she produced a bright yellow record jacket with a photograph of a bearded man with an Afro, wearing a tight yellow T-shirt and beaming confidently.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"All of my music is based on love," Teddy Afro told the BBC in 2017.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Often bare-chested or draped in the wax-printed fabric popular across West Africa, hair shaped into a crisp Afro, saxophone in hand, eyes alert with intensity, he commanded a large band of more than 20 musicians.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

A short tan woman with a kinky Afro walks over to us.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson