boar

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UK/bɔː(ɹ)/US/boɹ//bo(ː)ɹ//boə/

noun

A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

Similar
wild boarSus scrofa
Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

nounboar (plural boars or boar)

plural boars

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

    And drivers on local roads have encountered traveling boars, which can run at up to 30 miles an hour, according to one local resident, who said a friend’s car collided with a 132-pound animal, totaling the vehicle, as well as killing the boar.

    2024 August 24, Stephen Castle, “The Loch Ness Monster Has Company in the Neighborhood: Wild Boars”, in The New York Times
  2. A male pig.

    "Bull hogs," or boars, which are uncastrated male pigs, tend to have a dark, gamy flesh not appreciated by everyone.

    2000 May 24, Jon Nordheimer, “Hunting for Pigs, And Florida's Past”, in The New York Times
  3. A male boar (sense 1).
  4. A male bear.
  5. A male guinea pig.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOld World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

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wild boarSus scrofa
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*bair
  2. Old Englishbār
  3. Middle Englishbor
  4. Englishboar

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

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Translations

Arabic خِنْزِير
  • خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr)male pig
Bulgarian шопар
  • шопар (šopar)male pig
Catalan verro
  • verromale pig
Chinese Mandarin 公豬 /公猪
  • 公豬 /公猪 (gōngzhū)male pig
Czech kanec
  • kanecmale pig
Danish orne, galt
  • ornemale pig
  • galtmale pig
Dutch beer, mannetjesvarken
  • beermale pig
  • mannetjesvarkenmale pig
Esperanto virporko, porkiĉo
  • virporkomale pig
  • porkiĉomale pig
Finnish karju
  • karjumale pig
French verrat
  • verratmale pig
German Eber
  • Ebermale pig
Greek κάπρος
  • κάπρος (kápros)male pig
Hindi सूअर
  • सूअर (sūar)male pig
Hungarian kan
  • kanmale pig
Icelandic göltur
  • gölturmale pig
Irish collach
  • collachmale pig
Italian verro
  • verromale pig
Japanese 雄ブタ, 雄豚
  • 雄ブタ (osubuta)male pig
  • 雄豚 (osubuta)male pig
Korean 수퇘지, 멧돼지
  • 수퇘지 (sutwaeji)male pig
  • 멧돼지 (metdwaeji)male pig
Latin verres
  • verresmale pig
Latvian kuilis
  • kuilismale pig
Lithuanian kuilys
  • kuilysmale pig
Māori tāriana, reiputa
  • tārianamale pig
  • reiputamale pig
  • poamale pig
Norwegian galte, råne
  • galtemale pig
  • rånemale pig
Persian خوک نر
  • خوک نر (xukê nar)male pig
Polish kaban, kiernoz
  • kabanmale pig
  • kiernozmale pig
  • knurmale pig
  • odyniecmale pig
Portuguese barrão, cachaço
  • barrãomale pig
  • cachaçomale pig
Romanian vier, mascur
  • viermale pig
  • mascurmale pig
Russian каба́н, хряк
  • каба́н (kabán)male pig
  • хряк (xrjak)male pig
  • бо́ров (bórov)male pig
Scottish Gaelic torc
  • torcmale pig
Spanish verraco
  • verracomale pig
Swedish galt
  • galtmale pig
Tagalog bulugan
  • buluganmale pig
Ukrainian каба́н
  • каба́н (kabán)male pig

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with boar

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Sounds the same

boreBohrboor (pour–poor merger)

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

boar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boar

MLA

“boar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boar.

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