Word forms: plural Caribbeans1. proper nounThe Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America, and the north coast of South America.
2. adjectiveCaribbean means belonging or relating to the Caribbean Sea and its islands, or to its people.
...the Caribbean island of St Thomas.
3. countable nounA Caribbean is a person from a Caribbean island.
Caribbeans settled in Sheffield in the early '50s.
4. See also Afro-Caribbean