Buffalo

/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/

Synonyms for "buffalo" (107 found)

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Closest matches (22)

addle amaze animal antelope armadillo aurochs baffle balk bamboozle bat beat beefbeef cattlebeeves bilk bison

Noun(6 words)

american bisonamerican buffalobaffle behemoth bewilder bison

Strong matches (32)

Noun(8 words)

bison bisonbisons browbeat buffaloes bully carabao confuse cow

boggle bossy bovinebovine animalbrahman bull bullock calf carabao cattle circumvent confound cow critterdairy cattledairy cowdash daze disappoint dogie

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elephant floor foil

Adjective(1 words)

bubaline

Related words (53)

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muddlemuley cowmuley headmusk-ox mystify neat nonplus opossum ox oxen perplex pig platypus puzzle rat ruin steer stick stirk stot stump swindle throw wisent yak yearling zebu

Noun(6 words)

giant hulk intimidateold world buffaloperplexwater buffalo

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More general

13 entries

animal being bison bovid bullying cow deception game human mammal overawe person trickery

More specific

12 entries

baffle bluster browbeatbubalus bubaliscarabao colossus confound cow heavyweighthulking figureperplexwater buffalo

Collocations

12 entries

buffalo herdbuffalo hornbuffalo meatbuffalo milkbuffalo wingsthe audiencethe crowdthe mediathe oppositionthe staffthe voterswater buffalo

Inflections

4 entries

buffaloed buffaloes buffaloing buffalos

Derivations

4 entries

buffaloed buffaloer buffaloes buffaloing

Sample sentences

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Is that a cow or a buffalo?

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A buffalo is akin to an ox.

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Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.

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When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.

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