wildcat

English Thesaurus

1. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cat, true cat,
definition	:	feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	sand cat,
definition	:	a desert wildcat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	catamountain, european wildcat, felis silvestris,
definition	:	bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	catamount, cougar, felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma,
definition	:	large American feline resembling a lion (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat,
definition	:	nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	eyra, felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat,
definition	:	long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	caffer cat, felis ocreata, kaffir cat,
definition	:	widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis chaus, jungle cat,
definition	:	small Asiatic wildcat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis serval, serval,
definition	:	slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis bengalensis, leopard cat,
definition	:	small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis tigrina, tiger cat,
definition	:	medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis wiedi, margay, margay cat,
definition	:	small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	felis manul, manul, pallas's cat,
definition	:	small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	catamount, lynx,
definition	:	short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	felis, genus felis,
definition	:	type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats (noun.animal)

2. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	oil well, oiler,
definition	:	a well that yields or has yielded oil (noun.artifact)

3. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)

hypernym	:	aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker,
definition	:	someone who attacks (noun.person)

4. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

similar	:	explorative, exploratory,
definition	:	serving in or intended for exploration or discovery (adj.all)

5. without official authorization (adj.all)

similar	:	unofficial,
definition	:	not having official authority or sanction (adj.all)

6. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices (adj.all)

similar	:	unsound,
definition	:	not sound financially (adj.all)

7. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	wildcat,
definition	:	(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

8. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)

derivation	:	savage,
definition	:	attack brutally and fiercely (verb.competition)

derivation	:	barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious,
definition	:	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (adj.all)

9. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

derivation	:	wildcat, wildcat well,
definition	:	an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)

10. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	wildcat,
definition	:	(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

11. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)

derivation	:	savage,
definition	:	attack brutally and fiercely (verb.competition)

derivation	:	barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious,
definition	:	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (adj.all)

12. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

derivation	:	wildcat, wildcat well,
definition	:	an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)