Synonyms and Antonyms of fox

synonym (synonym of fox)

hypernym (fox IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River (noun.person)
    algonquian, algonquin
    a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; more.. (noun.person)
     
  • a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)
    beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)
     
  • alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs (noun.animal)
    canid, canine
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles (noun.animal)
     
  • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)
     
  • become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots (verb.change)
    spot
    become spotted (verb.change)
     
  • deceive somebody (verb.social)
    cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
    be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)
     
  • the Algonquian language of the Fox (noun.communication)
    algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin
    family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains (noun.communication)
     
  • the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance)
    fur, pelt
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.substance)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF fox relation)

  • alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs (noun.animal)
    vixen
    a female fox (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    reynard
    a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    red fox, vulpes vulpes
    the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    red fox, vulpes fulva
    New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    kit fox, prairie fox, vulpes velox
    small grey fox of the plains of western North America (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    kit fox, vulpes macrotis
    small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    alopex lagopus, arctic fox, white fox
    thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    gray fox, grey fox, urocyon cinereoargenteus
    dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States (noun.animal)
     
  • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
    demoralize
    confuse or put into disorder (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
    be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    disorient, disorientate
    cause to be lost or disoriented (verb.perception)
     
  • deceive somebody (verb.social)
    snooker
    fool or dupe (verb.social)
     

instance hypernym (fox IS A KIND OF .... relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) (noun.person)
    religious person
    a person who manifests devotion to a deity (noun.person)
     
  • English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) (noun.person)
    national leader, solon, statesman
    a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs (noun.person)
     

verb group (fox is verb group of ....)

  • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
    confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off
    cause to feel embarrassment (verb.emotion)
     

derivation (.... is derived from fox)

synonym hypernym hyponym instance hypernym verb group derivation dodger slyboots charles james fox george fox flim-flam fob canid canine algonquian algonquian language algonquin beguiler vixen reynard red fox vulpes vulpes vulpes fulva kit fox religious person national leader solon statesman confuse disconcert flurry put off circumvent dodge flim-flam fob crafty cunning
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. dodger, slyboots . charles james fox . george fox . flim-flam, fob, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick . bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw . algonquian, algonquin . beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster . canid, canine . be . spot . cozen, deceive, delude, lead on . algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin . fur, pelt . vixen . reynard . red fox, vulpes vulpes . red fox, vulpes fulva . kit fox, prairie fox, vulpes velox . kit fox, vulpes macrotis . alopex lagopus, arctic fox, white fox . gray fox, grey fox, urocyon cinereoargenteus . demoralize . amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex . disorient, disorientate . snooker . religious person . national leader, solon, statesman . confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off . circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt . flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick . crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily . confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness . bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement . confusion, discombobulation . fast one, trick . chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile . bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting . hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery . dodger, fox, slyboots . cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, tricker, trickster . fox


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