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Synonyms for wolf
wʊlfwolf

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. wolfverb

    The constellation Lupus.

    Synonyms:
    Canis lupus

  2. wolfverb

    Synonyms:
    wolf down, gulp down

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. wolfnoun

    any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

    Synonyms:
    savage, brute, masher, beast, wildcat, woman chaser, skirt chaser

  2. Wolf, Hugo Wolfnoun

    Austrian composer (1860-1903)

    Synonyms:
    savage, brute, masher, beast, wildcat, woman chaser, skirt chaser

  3. Wolf, Friedrich August Wolfnoun

    German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

    Synonyms:
    savage, brute, masher, beast, wildcat, woman chaser, skirt chaser

  4. wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, mashernoun

    a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

    Synonyms:
    masher, skirt chaser, savage, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser

  5. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatverb

    a cruelly rapacious person

    Synonyms:
    wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, barbarian, creature, savage

  6. wolf, wolf downverb

    eat hastily

    "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"

    Synonyms:
    wolf down

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. wolfnoun

    Synonyms:
    coyote, werewolf, lycanthrope

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wolf":

    wolves, loup, wolffish, lobo, wolffe, woolf, susi, lupo, loups, wulf, devil, lair, wolf, wolff, wolfe

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How to use wolf in a sentence?

  1. Love Dalén:

    I think one of the simplest explanations is that hunter-gatherers may have caught wolf pups, which is extremely easy to do, and kept them in captivity as sentinels against the large predators that roamed the landscapes of the last Ice Age - bears, cave lions, etc. as well as other dangerous mammals - mammoths, woolly rhinos, other humans.

  2. The Galapagos National Park:

    The Wolf volcano is not located near a populated area. There is not risk for the human population. This is the only population of pink iguanas in the world.

  3. Hirohito Suzuki:

    There is a possibility that people who have sympathies with Asahara could launch acts of violence in towns, or near stations, it's very difficult for authorities to monitor those lone-wolf individuals.

  4. William Ralph Inge:

    It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

  5. Adam Dolnik:

    We're possibly looking at a lone wolf who has sympathies to global jihad or someone with mental health issues in search of a cause, this is all about attention.


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