English noun: tiger | |||
1. | tiger (person) a fierce or audacious person | ||
Samples | He's a tiger on the tennis court. It aroused the tiger in me. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
2. | tiger (animal) large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered | ||
Synonyms | Panthera tigris | ||
Broader (hypernym) | big cat, cat | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Bengal tiger, tiger cub, tigress | ||
Member meronym | genus Panthera, Panthera | ||