1. (noun) wildcat well, wildcat
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
Synonyms: savage, wolf, brute, wildcat well, wildcat, beast Antonyms: sound, nonexplorative, unexploratory, official, nonexploratory, unexplorative
2. (noun) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
a cruelly rapacious person
Synonyms: wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, wolf, barbarian, creature, savage Antonyms: official, unexplorative, nonexploratory, nonexplorative, sound, unexploratory
3. (adj) wildcat
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
Synonyms: savage, wolf, brute, wildcat well, beast Antonyms: nonexplorative, sound, official, unexplorative, nonexploratory, unexploratory
4. (adj) wildcat
outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized Antonyms: unexplorative, sound, nonexplorative, official, nonexploratory, unexploratory
5. (adj) unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat
without official authorization
Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized, wildcat Antonyms: sound, official, unexplorative, nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory
6. (adj) wildcat
(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized Antonyms: official, nonexplorative, sound, unexplorative, unexploratory, nonexploratory
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