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cat

The word “cat” has 1 syllable: cat

It's pronounced as /kæt/

What is synonym and antonym for cat?

In the thesaurus, “cat” has 55 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cat along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for cat

Antonyms for cat

  • dog
  • herbivore
  • mouse
  • prey

Meanings of cat

  • noun
    1. An animal of the family Felidae:.
    2. A person:.
    3. A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
    4. Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
    5. A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
    6. The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
    7. The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
    8. A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
    9. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
    10. A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
    11. A twin-hulled ship or boat.
    12. A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
    13. A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling.
    14. An old kind of fireship.
    15. A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
    16. A street name of the drug methcathinone.
    17. A catapult.
    18. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
    19. A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
    20. Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
    21. Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
    22. Such a fake profile.
    23. Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.).
    24. A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
  • verb
    1. To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
    2. To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
    3. To vomit.
    4. To go wandering at night.
    5. To gossip in a catty manner.
    6. To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
    7. To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
  • adjective
    1. Terrible, disastrous.

Example Sentences

  • The cat slept on the warm windowsill all afternoon.
  • A small cat followed us down the quiet street.
  • She adopted a cat from the local animal shelter.
  • The cat suddenly jumped onto the table.
  • His cat likes to hide inside empty boxes.

On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cat, such as: alley cat, bastard, bloke, bobcat, buck, buddy, buster.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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