fox
English Thesaurus
1. alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | canid, canine, |
| definition | : | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | vixen, |
| definition | : | a female fox (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | reynard, |
| definition | : | a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | red fox, vulpes vulpes, |
| definition | : | the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | red fox, vulpes fulva, |
| definition | : | New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | kit fox, vulpes macrotis, |
| definition | : | small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox (noun.animal) |
2. the Algonquian language of the Fox (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin, |
| definition | : | family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains (noun.communication) |
3. a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | algonquian, algonquin, |
| definition | : | a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast (noun.person) |
4. a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)
5. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | religious person, |
| definition | : | a person who manifests devotion to a deity (noun.person) |
6. English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | national leader, solon, statesman, |
| definition | : | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs (noun.person) |
7. the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | fur, pelt, |
| definition | : | the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.substance) |
8. become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | spot, |
| definition | : | become spotted (verb.change) |
9. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
| hypernym | : | be, |
| definition | : | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative) |
| hyponym | : | demoralize, |
| definition | : | confuse or put into disorder (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
10. deceive somebody (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | snooker, |
| definition | : | fool or dupe (verb.social) |
11. a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, |
| definition | : | marked by skill in deception (adj.all) |
12. the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | fox, |
| definition | : | become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change) |
13. become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change)
| derivation | : | fox, |
| definition | : | the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance) |
14. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
15. deceive somebody (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fast one, trick, |
| definition | : | a cunning or deceitful action or device (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
16. a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, |
| definition | : | marked by skill in deception (adj.all) |
17. the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | fox, |
| definition | : | become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change) |
18. become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change)
| derivation | : | fox, |
| definition | : | the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance) |
19. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
20. deceive somebody (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fast one, trick, |
| definition | : | a cunning or deceitful action or device (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
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