Leopard

/ˈlɛp.ɚd/

Synonyms for "leopard" (81 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (24)

Noun(2 words)
expressionidiom

Related words (40)

Noun(13 words)
mottledouncepantherpanthera parduspardproverbrosette patternrosette-patternedrosettedspot patternspottedspotted coatwild cat
mountain lionnacreocelotopalophiteopossumpainterpantherpatchwork quiltpeacockpeltpigplatypuspumarainbowratserpentineserpentine marbleshot silksiberian tiger
Show 7 more words
simbaspectrumtigertortoise shellvariegationwildcatzebra

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: animal, antelope, antigorite, armadillo, bat.
  • Sentence evidence is available for leopard, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, moby, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "leopard".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "leopard"

Keep "leopard" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "leopard" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "leopard", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "leopard" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
big catcatcoat patterncolorationfelidfigurative expressionfuridiommammalpatternpeltproverb

More specific

10 entries
African leopardIndian leopardproverbrosette colorationrosette-patternedrosettessayingspot colorationspot-patternspots

Collocations

8 entries
African leopardIndian leopardleopard coatleopard furleopard patternleopard printleopard skinrosette pattern

Inflections

3 entries
leopardsmore leopard-likemost leopard-like

Derivations

6 entries

Translations

181 translations across 138 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • luiperd noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • tier noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Albanian

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ግሥላ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πάρδαλις noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Arabic

3 entries
  • فَهْد noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • نَمِر noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • نِمْر noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • liopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • נִמְרָא noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ܢܡܪܐ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ընձառյուծ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ինձ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • հովազ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Assamese

2 entries
  • নাহৰফুটুকী বাঘ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • বাঘ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Asturian

1 entries
  • lleopardu noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bəbir noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Bangi

1 entries
  • ngoi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Basque

1 entries
  • lehoinabar noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Bassa

1 entries
  • ji noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • bisireh noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • леапа́рд noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Bengali

1 entries
  • চিতাবাঘ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • леопа́рд noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကျားသစ် noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Catalan

1 entries
  • lleopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پِڵِنگ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • rimau biteang noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏢᏓᏥ ᎤᏅᏣᏗ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • kambuku noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • nyalugwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 豹 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 豹 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • 豹子 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲡⲁⲣⲇⲁⲗⲓⲥ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Cornish

1 entries
  • lewpard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Czech

2 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • levhart noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Danish

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Dutch

1 entries
  • luipaard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • Ab-b-i-i-F27-Sma noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Estonian

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Finnish

1 entries
  • leopardi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

French

1 entries
  • léopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Galician

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ავაზა noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ლეოპარდი noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ჯიქი noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

German

4 entries
  • Leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • Pard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • Pardel noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • Parder noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Greek

1 entries
  • λεοπάρδαλη noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Guerrero Amuzgo

1 entries
  • kítziaⁿ tzjá' noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • દીપડો noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Hausa

1 entries
  • damisa noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נָמֵר noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Hindi

3 entries
  • तेँदुआ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • तेंदुआ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • तेंदुई noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • leopárd noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hlébarði noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Ido

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Igala

2 entries
  • ẹ́kọ̀ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ọ́mátāīna noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Igbo

1 entries
  • ágụ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • macan tutul noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Irish

1 entries
  • liopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Italian

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ヒョウ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • 豹 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • цӏерхъ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kashubian

2 entries
  • lampart noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • леопард noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ល្មុង noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Khoekhoe

1 entries
  • ǀdarub noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kituba

1 entries
  • yingo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kongo

2 entries
  • ngo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • yingo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Korean

1 entries
  • 표범 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кабылан noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເສືອດາວ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Latin

2 entries
  • leopardus noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • pardus noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Latvian

1 entries
  • leopards noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Lingala

3 entries
  • ngoi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • nkoi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • nkɔi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • leopardas noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Luhya

1 entries
  • ingwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • kyiching noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • леопард noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Malay

2 entries
  • harimau bintang noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • macan tutul noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Maltese

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠶᠠᡵᡥᠠ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Mandinka

1 entries
  • soloo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Manipuri

1 entries
  • ꯀꯕꯣꯀꯩ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Marathi

1 entries
  • बिबट्या noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Middle Korean

1 entries
  • 바독〮범〯 noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Mon

1 entries
  • ကၠ ဗြန် noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Mongo

1 entries
  • nkoi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • цоохор ирвэс noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Māori

2 entries
  • rēpara noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • rēparo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Namuyi

1 entries
  • ză noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • пар noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Northern Sotho

1 entries
  • nkwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Nuer

1 entries
  • kuac noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Nupe

1 entries
  • nàm̀pà noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Occitan

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • յովազ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • фыранк noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • ببر noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • قپلان noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • پلنك noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Pali

1 entries
  • dīpin noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Pashto

1 entries
  • يوز noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Persian

1 entries
  • پلنگ noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Polish

4 entries
  • lampart noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • lampart plamisty noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • pantera noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Romanian

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Russian

2 entries
  • барс noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • леопа́рд noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Rwanda-Rundi

1 entries
  • ingwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • lȅopārd noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ле̏опа̄рд noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Shona

2 entries
  • ingwe (Korekore) noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • ngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • කොටි ගණය noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • කොටියා noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Slovak

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Slovene

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Sotho

1 entries
  • nkwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • ирбис noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • леопард noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Southern Ndebele

1 entries
  • íngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Spanish

1 entries
  • leopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Swahili

1 entries
  • chui noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Swazi

1 entries
  • íngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Swedish

1 entries
  • leopard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • leyopardo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tajik

1 entries
  • паланг noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சிறுத்தைப்புலி noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tatar

1 entries
  • каплан noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Teke-Tege

1 entries
  • ngo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Telugu

1 entries
  • చిరుతపులి noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Thai

1 entries
  • เสือดาว noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གཟིག noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • yingwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • nyalubwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Turkish

2 entries
  • leopar noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • pars noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • alajagaplaň noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • леопа́рд noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قاپلان noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qoplon noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Venda

1 entries
  • nngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • beo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • báo noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • báo hoa noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • báo hoa mai noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Volapük

1 entries
  • leopar noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llewpard noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Wolof

1 entries
  • segg mi noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • íngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ẹkùn noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • beuq noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
  • duzbeuq noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Zulu

1 entries
  • íngwe noun (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He has the eyes of a leopard.

Source: tatoeba (287678)

A leopard cannot change his spots.

Source: tatoeba (318367)

Tom is as fast as a leopard.

Source: tatoeba (680260)

A black panther can be a jaguar or leopard, but in either case it has a gene that causes it to produce more melanin than other specimens.

Source: tatoeba (717583)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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