That animal is a carnivore.
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Carnivore
//ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː//
Synonyms for "carnivore" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesis a
3 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 62 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- karnivoor noun (meat-eating animal)
- vleiseter noun (meat-eating animal)
Arabic
1 entries- لَاحِم noun (meat-eating animal)
Armenian
2 entries- գիշատիչ noun (meat-eating animal)
- մսակեր կենդանի noun (meat-eating animal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ətyeyən noun (meat-eating animal)
Basque
2 entries- haragijale noun (meat-eating animal)
- karniboro noun (meat-eating animal)
Breton
1 entries- kigdebrer noun (meat-eating animal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- месояден noun (meat-eating animal)
Burmese
1 entries- အသားစား du or c du noun (meat-eating animal)
Catalan
2 entries- carnívor noun (meat-eating animal)
- carnívor noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 食肉動物 /食肉动物 noun (meat-eating animal)
Czech
2 entries- masožravec noun (meat-eating animal)
- šelmy noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Danish
3 entries- kødæder noun (meat-eating animal)
- rovdyr noun (meat-eating animal)
- rovdyr noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Dutch
4 entries- carnivoor noun (meat-eating animal)
- roofdier noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
- vleeseter noun (meat-eating animal)
- vleeseter noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
Esperanto
2 entries- karnomanĝulo noun (meat-eating animal)
- karnovorulo noun (meat-eating animal)
Estonian
1 entries- lihasööja noun (meat-eating animal)
Finnish
2 entries- lihansyöjä noun (meat-eating animal)
- petoeläin noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
French
1 entries- carnivore noun (meat-eating animal)
Galician
1 entries- carnívoro noun (meat-eating animal)
Georgian
4 entries- მტაცებელი noun (meat-eating animal)
- ხორცისმჭამელი noun (meat-eating animal)
- ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი noun (meat-eating animal)
- ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი noun (meat-eating animal)
German
4 entries- Fleischesser noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
- Fleischesserin noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
- Fleischfresser noun (meat-eating animal)
- Fleischfresser noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Greek
2 entries- σαρκοβόρος noun (meat-eating animal)
- σαρκοφάγος noun (meat-eating animal)
Greenlandic
1 entries- neqituumasoq noun (meat-eating animal)
Hebrew
3 entries- בִּשְׂרוֹנִי noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
- טוֹרֵף noun (meat-eating animal)
- טוֹרֵף noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Hindi
4 entries- माँसाहारी noun (meat-eating animal)
- माँसाहारी noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
- मांसाहारी noun (meat-eating animal)
- मांसाहारी noun (person who is not a vegetarian)
Hungarian
1 entries- húsevő noun (meat-eating animal)
Icelandic
1 entries- kjötæta noun (meat-eating animal)
Indonesian
2 entries- karnivor noun (meat-eating animal)
- pemakan daging noun (meat-eating animal)
Ingrian
1 entries- hiisnikka noun (meat-eating animal)
Italian
1 entries- carnivoro noun (meat-eating animal)
Japanese
2 entries- 肉食動物 noun (meat-eating animal)
- 食肉類 noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Khmer
1 entries- មំសាសី noun (meat-eating animal)
Korean
1 entries- 육식동물 noun (meat-eating animal)
Latin
1 entries- carnivora noun (meat-eating animal)
Latvian
2 entries- gaļēdāja noun (meat-eating animal)
- gaļēdājs noun (meat-eating animal)
Macedonian
1 entries- месоја́дец noun (meat-eating animal)
Malay
4 entries- binatang maging noun (meat-eating animal)
- haiwan karnivor noun (meat-eating animal)
- haiwan maging noun (meat-eating animal)
- karnivor noun (meat-eating animal)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാംസഭുക്ക് noun (meat-eating animal)
Mongolian
1 entries- махчин noun (meat-eating animal)
Māori
1 entries- kaikiko noun (meat-eating animal)
Navajo
1 entries- naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí noun (meat-eating animal)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- goştxur noun (meat-eating animal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjøtteter noun (meat-eating animal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kjøtetar noun (meat-eating animal)
Persian
1 entries- گوشتخوار noun (meat-eating animal)
Polish
2 entries- drapieżnik noun (meat-eating animal)
- mięsożerca noun (meat-eating animal)
Portuguese
1 entries- carnívoro noun (meat-eating animal)
Russian
3 entries- мясое́д noun (meat-eating animal)
- плотоя́дное живо́тное noun (meat-eating animal)
- хи́щник noun (meat-eating animal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- feòil-itheadair noun (meat-eating animal)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- mesojed noun (meat-eating animal)
- mesojedac noun (meat-eating animal)
- mesožder noun (meat-eating animal)
Sikkimese
1 entries- གཅན་གཟན noun (meat-eating animal)
Slovak
1 entries- mäsožravec noun (meat-eating animal)
Slovene
3 entries- mesojed noun (meat-eating animal)
- mesojedec noun (meat-eating animal)
- mesojedka noun (meat-eating animal)
Spanish
1 entries- carnívoro noun (meat-eating animal)
Swahili
1 entries- mla-nyama noun (meat-eating animal)
Swedish
2 entries- köttätare noun (meat-eating animal)
- rovdjur noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Tagalog
1 entries- lamankain noun (meat-eating animal)
Tamil
2 entries- ஊனுண்ணி noun (meat-eating animal)
- ஊனுண்ணி noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Telugu
1 entries- మాంసాహారి noun (meat-eating animal)
Thai
1 entries- สัตว์กินเนื้อ noun (meat-eating animal)
Turkish
3 entries- etobur noun (meat-eating animal)
- etçil noun (meat-eating animal)
- etçil noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
Welsh
2 entries- cigysor noun (meat-eating animal)
- cigysydd noun (meat-eating animal)
Zazaki
2 entries- gostger noun (mammal of the order Carnivora)
- gostwer noun (meat-eating animal)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The grizzly bear is the largest land carnivore in the world.
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The lion is a carnivore.
Source: tatoeba (7303675)
You're an obligate carnivore! You don't want my salad, cat!
Source: tatoeba (8808751)
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