Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "catfish" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

fish tank water

Derived Terms

African glass catfish Chadfish Chadfish Chao Phraya giant catfish Danube catfish North American freshwater catfish Pac-Man catfish Striped Raphael catfish airbreathing catfish airsac catfish banjo catfish blackfish blue catfish cat catfish effect catfisher channel catfish cockfish cockfish cuckoo catfish driftwood catfish electric catfish flathead catfish ghost catfish hatfish holy catfish leopard catfish mailed catfish maskfish mudcat naked catfish shark catfish stinging catfish striped catfish suffering catfish talking catfish thorny catfish three line catfish upside-down catfish walking catfish wels catfish whale catfish widemouth blindcat wokefish wokefish

Derived From

cat fish

Has Part

mouth whiskers like cats do

Context

internet slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

betray blennioid blennioid fish deceive freshwater fish lead astray malacopterygian soft-finned fish

Type Of (IsA)

edible fish fish fish might catch freshwater fish soft finned fish

Receives Action

caught caught by fishing caught on hooks caught with bait found in ponds

Related Terms

catshark noodling

Related Terms

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Synonym Network

sheat wolffish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.