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English adjective: wildcat | |||
| 1. | wildcat outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | ||
| Samples | Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks. Wildcat stock speculation. A wildcat airline. Wildcat life insurance schemes. | ||
| Similar | unsound | ||
| Antonyms | sound | ||
| 2. | wildcat without official authorization | ||
| Samples | An unauthorized strike. Wildcat work stoppage. | ||
| Synonyms | unauthorised, unauthorized | ||
| Similar | unofficial | ||
| Antonyms | official | ||
| 3. | wildcat (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | ||
| Samples | Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation. A wildcat mine. Wildcat drilling. Wildcat wells. | ||
| Similar | explorative, exploratory | ||
| Antonyms | nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory | ||
English noun: wildcat | |||
| 1. | wildcat (artifact) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | ||
| Synonyms | wildcat well | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oil well, oiler | ||
| 2. | wildcat (person) a cruelly rapacious person | ||
| Synonyms | beast, brute, savage, wolf | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | ||
| 3. | wildcat (animal) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cat, true cat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caffer cat, catamount, catamount, catamountain, cougar, European wildcat, eyra, Felis bengalensis, Felis chaus, Felis concolor, Felis manul, Felis ocreata, Felis pardalis, Felis serval, Felis silvestris, Felis tigrina, Felis wiedi, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jungle cat, kaffir cat, leopard cat, lynx, manul, margay, margay cat, mountain lion, ocelot, painter, Pallas's cat, panther, panther cat, puma, sand cat, serval, tiger cat | ||
| Member meronym | Felis, genus Felis | ||
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