Synonyms for deer
dɪərdeer

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1. deernoun

   Synonyms:
   buck, fawn, venison, hart, stag, doe

2. deernoun

   a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla

   I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.

   Synonyms:
   buck, stag, venison, hart, fawn, doe

3. deernoun

   The meat of such an animal

   Oh I've never had deer before.

   Synonyms:
   doe, venison, hart, buck, fawn, stag

4. deernoun

   Any animal, especially a mammal.

   But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year. -Shakespeare, King Lear. Act III. Sc. IV.

   Synonyms:
   stag, doe, fawn, buck, hart, venison

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.0 / 5 votes

1. deer, cervidnoun

   distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

   Synonyms:
   cervid

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1. • Ruminant

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1. antelope

   Submitted by 758888 on April 21, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deernoun

   Synonyms:
   Cervidæ, fallow deer, red deer, mule deer, reindeer, buck (fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel, sore, spitter), (female) doe, roe, (male red deer) stag, hart, hind, roe (female red deer), havier (castrated), halfer, antelope hummel, staggard

   Associated words:
   venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline

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1. List of paraphrases for "deer":

   cerf, stags, stag, white-footed, venison, crackpot, scots, buck

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1. Hope Jay:

   For the most part, there were balloons, there was a deer that went crooked on the wall, there was some saran wrap, there's been no damage, no destruction, no graffiti, no defacing of property, and no police reports.

2. William Faulkner:

   Be scared. You cant help that. But dont be afraid. Aint nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.

3. Don Gentry:

   I am sure we have lost a number of deer to the fire, we are definitely concerned. I know there are cultural resource areas and sensitive areas that are likely the fire is going through.

4. Bing Su:

   Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool, it tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features.

5. Cannon Harrison:

   You can't just ignore a broken law that falls right in your lap but was kind of a bummer, she said it was her first deer ever, too.