All cheetah synonyms
chee·tah
C c noun cheetah
- puma — cougar.
- panther — the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- tabby — a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- kitty — a kitten.
- lynx — A wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia.
- tiger — the cougar, jaguar, thylacine, or other animal resembling the tiger.
- cougar — A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
- lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- puss — face: She smacked him in the puss.
- kitten — a young cat.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- bobcat — A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America.
- jaguar — a large spotted feline, Panthera onca, of tropical America, having a tawny coat with black rosettes: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- tomcat — a male cat.
- pussy — Informal. a cat, especially a kitten.
- ocelot — a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- tom — Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- mouser — an animal that catches mice: Our cat is a good mouser.
- wildcat — any of several North American felines of the genus Lynx. Compare lynx.
- civet — any catlike viverrine mammal of the genus Viverra and related genera, of Africa and S Asia, typically having blotched or spotted fur and secreting a powerfully smelling fluid from anal glands
- grimalkin — a cat.
- malkin — an untidy woman; slattern.
- cat — A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets.