Meow

//miˈaʊ//

Synonyms for "meow" (62 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

mew bark bawl bay bell bellow blare blat blate bleat bray call

Verb(1 words)

mew

Strong matches (18)

caterwaul cry give tongue give voice howl low mephedrone mewl miaow

Noun(5 words)

drone meow meow mephedrone mew miaou

Intj(4 words)

handbags meep mew miaow

Related words (31)

Noun(2 words)

miaow miaul

Verb(1 words)

miaow

moo neigh nicker nyao pule roar screak scream screech squall squeak squeal troat ululate wail whicker whine whinny yap yawl

Show 4 more words

yawp yelp yip yowl

Intj(4 words)

nya nyaa nyan nyao

Related word relations

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

9 relation types

More general

5 entries

cry emit let loose let out utter

Synonyms

2 entries

mew nyao

Related terms

1 entries

purr

derived

12 entries

Meower Meowese cat's meow dogs bark, cats meow meow button meowdy meowingly meowless meowlike meowy poor little meow meow snowmeow

etymologically related_to

1 entries

mew

has context

2 entries

slang uk

is a

2 entries

animal noise cry

manner of

1 entries

utter

related to

7 entries

cat catty cry drug mephedrone seductiveness spiteful

Translations

250 translations across 80 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

mjáu intj (cry of a cat)

Arabic

4 entries

مُوَاء intj (cry of a cat)
مُوَاء noun (cry of a cat)
تَمَوَّأَ verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
مَاءَ verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Armenian

2 entries

մլավոց noun (cry of a cat)
մլավել verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

miyov intj (cry of a cat)
miyov noun (cry of a cat)
miyoldamaq verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
miyovuldamaq verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Bashkir

1 entries

мыяу intj (cry of a cat)

Belarusian

4 entries

мяу intj (cry of a cat)
мяў intj (cry of a cat)
мя́ўкаць verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
мя́ўкнуць verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Bengali

2 entries

ম্যাঁ intj (cry of a cat)
ম্যাঁও intj (cry of a cat)

Bikol Central

1 entries

ngiyaw intj (cry of a cat)

Bulgarian

2 entries

мя́у intj (cry of a cat)
мяу noun (cry of a cat)

Catalan

3 entries

meu intj (cry of a cat)
miol noun (cry of a cat)
miolar verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

میاو intj (cry of a cat)
میاواندن verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

喵 intj (cry of a cat)
喵 noun (cry of a cat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

咪咪 intj (cry of a cat)
喵 intj (cry of a cat)
咪咪 noun (cry of a cat)
喵 noun (cry of a cat)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

miyavlamaq verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Czech

4 entries

mňau intj (cry of a cat)
mňoukání noun (cry of a cat)
zamňoukání noun (cry of a cat)
mňoukat verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Danish

4 entries

miav intj (cry of a cat)
mjav intj (cry of a cat)
miau noun (cry of a cat)
miav noun (cry of a cat)

Dutch

4 entries

miauw intj (cry of a cat)
gemiauw noun (cry of a cat)
miauw noun (cry of a cat)
miauwen verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Dzongkha

1 entries

སྨེ intj (cry of a cat)

Esperanto

3 entries

miaŭ intj (cry of a cat)
miaŭo noun (cry of a cat)
miaŭi verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Estonian

4 entries

mjäu intj (cry of a cat)
mäu intj (cry of a cat)
njäu intj (cry of a cat)
näu intj (cry of a cat)

Faroese

4 entries

mjarr intj (cry of a cat)
mjavv intj (cry of a cat)
mjarr noun (cry of a cat)
mjarra verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Finnish

4 entries

mau intj (cry of a cat)
miau intj (cry of a cat)
naukuminen noun (cry of a cat)
naukuna noun (cry of a cat)

French

4 entries

miaou intj (cry of a cat)
miaou noun (cry of a cat)
miaulement noun (cry of a cat)
nyaw noun (cry of a cat)

Galician

3 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miau noun (cry of a cat)
miañar verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

German

4 entries

maunz intj (cry of a cat)
miau intj (cry of a cat)
Gemaunze noun (cry of a cat)
Maunzen noun (cry of a cat)

Greek

3 entries

νιάου intj (cry of a cat)
νιαούρισμα noun (cry of a cat)
νιαουρίζω verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Hawaiian

3 entries

ʻoau intj (cry of a cat)
ʻowau intj (cry of a cat)
ʻowau noun (cry of a cat)

Hebrew

1 entries

מיאו intj (cry of a cat)

Hindi

3 entries

म्याऊँ intj (cry of a cat)
म्याऊँ noun (cry of a cat)
म्याऊं म्याऊं noun (mephedrone)

Hungarian

2 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
nyávog verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Icelandic

3 entries

mjá intj (cry of a cat)
mjálm noun (cry of a cat)
mjálma verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Ido

2 entries

miaulo noun (cry of a cat)
miaular verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Indonesian

4 entries

meong intj (cry of a cat)
meong noun (cry of a cat)
mengeong verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
mengiau verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Interlingua

3 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miau noun (cry of a cat)
miaular verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Irish

2 entries

míáú intj (cry of a cat)
meamhlach noun (cry of a cat)

Italian

3 entries

miao intj (cry of a cat)
miao noun (cry of a cat)
miagolare verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Japanese

4 entries

にゃあ intj (cry of a cat)
にゃん intj (cry of a cat)
にゃ noun (cry of a cat)
にゃあ noun (cry of a cat)

Jarai

1 entries

meo intj (cry of a cat)

Kabyle

1 entries

mεiw intj (cry of a cat)

Kannada

1 entries

ಮಿಯಾವ್ intj (cry of a cat)

Kapampangan

4 entries

miyaw noun (cry of a cat)
ngeung noun (cry of a cat)
magmiyaw verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
magngeung verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Kazakh

2 entries

мияу intj (cry of a cat)
мияулау verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Khmer

1 entries

ង៉ាវៗ intj (cry of a cat)

Korean

3 entries

야옹 intj (cry of a cat)
야옹 noun (cry of a cat)
야옹하다 verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Lao

1 entries

ເໝີວຍາ intj (cry of a cat)

Latgalian

1 entries

ņau intj (cry of a cat)

Latin

3 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
felio verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
maumo verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Latvian

4 entries

mjau intj (cry of a cat)
ņau intj (cry of a cat)
ņaudiens noun (cry of a cat)
ņaudēt verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Lithuanian

3 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miau noun (cry of a cat)
miauksėti verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)

Malay

4 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
ngeong intj (cry of a cat)
ngiau intj (cry of a cat)
ngeong noun (cry of a cat)

Mongolian

2 entries

мяу intj (cry of a cat)
мяалах verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Nepali

1 entries

म्याउ intj (cry of a cat)

Norman

2 entries

miaûner verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
vioûler verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᩉ᩠ᨾᩢ᩠ᨿ᩠ᩅ intj (cry of a cat)

Norwegian

3 entries

mjau intj (cry of a cat)
mjau noun (cry of a cat)
mjaue verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Persian

1 entries

میو intj (cry of a cat)

Polish

4 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miau noun (cry of a cat)
miauczenie noun (cry of a cat)
miauk noun (cry of a cat)

Portuguese

3 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miado noun (cry of a cat)
miar verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Quechua

1 entries

miyaw ñiy noun (cry of a cat)

Romanian

4 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
miorlau intj (cry of a cat)
mieunat noun (cry of a cat)
miorlăit noun (cry of a cat)

Russian

4 entries

мя́у intj (cry of a cat)
мяу́кание noun (cry of a cat)
мяу́кать verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
мяу́кнуть verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

miamha intj (cry of a cat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mjau intj (cry of a cat)
mnjau intj (cry of a cat)
мјау intj (cry of a cat)
мњау intj (cry of a cat)

Slovak

3 entries

mňau intj (cry of a cat)
mňau noun (cry of a cat)
mňaukať verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Slovene

3 entries

mjav intj (cry of a cat)
mjavkanje noun (cry of a cat)
mjavkati verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Spanish

4 entries

miau intj (cry of a cat)
ñau intj (cry of a cat)
ñew intj (cry of a cat)
maullido noun (cry of a cat)

Swedish

4 entries

mjau intj (cry of a cat)
jamande noun (cry of a cat)
mjau noun (cry of a cat)
jama verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Tagalog

4 entries

ingaw intj (cry of a cat)
ngiyaw intj (cry of a cat)
ingaw noun (cry of a cat)
ngiyaw noun (cry of a cat)

Tamil

1 entries

மியாவ் intj (cry of a cat)

Telugu

1 entries

మ్యావ్ intj (cry of a cat)

Thai

1 entries

เหมียว intj (cry of a cat)

Turkish

3 entries

miyav intj (cry of a cat)
miyav noun (cry of a cat)
miyavlamak verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Turkmen

1 entries

mawlamak verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Ukrainian

4 entries

няв intj (cry of a cat)
ня́вкати verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
ня́вкнути verb (of a cat, to make its cry)
няв verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Uzbek

1 entries

miyovlamoq verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Venetan

1 entries

znjaołar verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Vietnamese

4 entries

meo intj (cry of a cat)
méo intj (cry of a cat)
ngao intj (cry of a cat)
ngoao intj (cry of a cat)

Volapük

3 entries

miov intj (cry of a cat)
miov noun (cry of a cat)
miovön verb (of a cat, to make its cry)

Yiddish

1 entries

מיאַו intj (cry of a cat)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Cats go "meow, meow."

Source: tatoeba (282037)

Does a Roman cat have a Roman meow?

Source: tatoeba (800683)

What compels you to meow?

Source: tatoeba (812829)

The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."

Source: tatoeba (866505)

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