big cat

Meanings

nounbig cat (plural big cats)

plural big cats

Any large felid of the Pantherinae subfamily, including tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and clouded leopards.
Synonyms: great cat, megafelid
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, cat.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny large felid of the Pantherinae subfamily, including tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and clouded leopards.

Similar

great cat megafelid

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

Similar

cat

Broader

feline felid cat

Also see

cat great cat wild cat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 大貓 /大猫

大貓 /大猫 (dàmāo)any large feline animal

Dutch katachtige

katachtigeany large feline animal

Finnish kissapeto

kissapetoany large feline animal

French fauve, félin

fauveany large feline animal
félinany large feline animal

German Großkatze

Großkatzeany large feline animal

Hungarian nagymacska

nagymacskaany large feline animal

Icelandic stórköttur

stórkötturany large feline animal

Italian micione

micioneany large feline animal

Polish duży kot

duży kotany large feline animal

Portuguese grande felino

grande felinoany large feline animal

Swedish storkatt

storkattany large feline animal

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with big cat

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Cite this entry

APA

big cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20cat

MLA

“big cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20cat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “big cat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20cat.

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