Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "pup" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

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Defined As

name for young dog

Derived Terms

Pluto pup bull-pup bullpup buy a pup cute as a speckled pup depupylate in pup mucky pup pangopup pretty as a speckled pup pup cup pup hood pup play pupfish puphood puplet pupling pupper pupperino pupperware puppuccino puppy puppy dog since Hector was a pup since Skippy was a pup werepup wolf pup

Etymologically Related To

puppy

Context

computing insurance

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Canis Major Sirius Winter Triangle bear binary component birth deliver give birth have spring chicken star young mammal young person younker youth

Type Of (IsA)

young dog young mammal

Related Terms

pup tent puppy sell someone a pup

Related Terms

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Synonym Network

puppy whelp

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