wild cat

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Etymology

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat.

Noun

wild cat (plural wild cats)

1. An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
2. A feral cat.
3. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.
4. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wildcat in its other extended senses.

Synonyms

• big cat, great cat

Antonyms

• domestic cat, domesticated cat, house cat

Translations

• French: chat sauvage
• German: Wildkatze
• Russian: дикая кошка

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