WILDCAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
   Hypernyms(s) wildcat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cat (what does cat mean?)
   • true cat (what does true cat mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • sand cat (what does sand cat mean?)
   • European wildcat (what does European wildcat mean?)
   • catamountain (what does catamountain mean?)
   • Felis silvestris (what does Felis silvestris mean?)
   • cougar (what does cougar mean?)
   • puma (what does puma mean?)
   • catamount (what does catamount mean?)
   • mountain lion (what does mountain lion mean?)
   • painter (what does painter mean?)
   • panther (what does panther mean?)
   • Felis concolor (what does Felis concolor mean?)
   • ocelot (what does ocelot mean?)
   • panther cat (what does panther cat mean?)
   • Felis pardalis (what does Felis pardalis mean?)
   • jaguarundi (what does jaguarundi mean?)
   • jaguarundi cat (what does jaguarundi cat mean?)
   • jaguarondi (what does jaguarondi mean?)
   • eyra (what does eyra mean?)
   • Felis yagouaroundi (what does Felis yagouaroundi mean?)
   • kaffir cat (what does kaffir cat mean?)
   • caffer cat (what does caffer cat mean?)
   • Felis ocreata (what does Felis ocreata mean?)
   • jungle cat (what does jungle cat mean?)
   • Felis chaus (what does Felis chaus mean?)
   • serval (what does serval mean?)
   • Felis serval (what does Felis serval mean?)
   • leopard cat (what does leopard cat mean?)
   • Felis bengalensis (what does Felis bengalensis mean?)
   • tiger cat (what does tiger cat mean?)
   • Felis tigrina (what does Felis tigrina mean?)
   • margay (what does margay mean?)
   • margay cat (what does margay cat mean?)
   • Felis wiedi (what does Felis wiedi mean?)
   • manul (what does manul mean?)
   • Pallas’s cat (what does Pallas’s cat mean?)
   • Felis manul (what does Felis manul mean?)
   • lynx (what does lynx mean?)
   • catamount (what does catamount mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
   Synonym(s)
   • wildcat well (what does wildcat well mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wildcat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • oil well (what does oil well mean?)
   • oiler (what does oiler mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a cruelly rapacious person
   Synonym(s)
   • beast (what does beast mean?)
   • brute (what does brute mean?)
   • savage (what does savage mean?)
   • wolf (what does wolf mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wildcat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attacker (what does attacker mean?)
   • aggressor (what does aggressor mean?)
   • assailant (what does assailant mean?)
   • assaulter (what does assaulter mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • savage (what does savage mean?)

WILDCAT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
   Usage Example(s)
   • drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
   • a wildcat mine
   • wildcat drilling
   • wildcat wells
   Similar To
   • exploratory (what does exploratory mean?)
   • explorative (what does explorative mean?)
2. Meaning
   • without official authorization
   Synonym(s)
   • unauthorised (what does unauthorised mean?)
   • unauthorized (what does unauthorized mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an unauthorized strike
   • wildcat work stoppage
   Similar To
   • unofficial (what does unofficial mean?)
3. Meaning
   • outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
   Usage Example(s)
   • wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks
   • wildcat stock speculation
   • a wildcat airline
   • wildcat life insurance schemes
   Similar To
   • unsound (what does unsound mean?)