wild cat
nounEtymology From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat.
1
An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
2
A feral cat.
3
Alternative, Uncommon Alternative form of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.
4
Alternative, Uncommon Alternative form of wildcat in its other extended senses.
- Antonyms
- domestic cat, domesticated cat, house cat
- Hyponyms
33 terms
tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard, Formosan clouded leopard, South African cheetah, Namibian cheetah, Tanzanian cheetah, East African cheetah, Sudan cheetah, Central African cheetah, Northeast African cheetah, Northwest African cheetah, Saharan cheetah, Asiatic cheetah, Iranian cheetah, Indian cheetah, cougar, mountain lion, catamount, black panther, Florida panther, Argentine cougar, Costa Rican cougar, Eastern South American cougar, North American cougar, Northern South American cougar, Southern South American cougar, liger, tion, lipard, leopon