Meanings
adjectivetigerlike (comparative more tigerlike, superlative most tigerlike)
comparative more tigerlike · superlative most tigerlike
- Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
Weighing about 60 pounds and bearing powerful jaws, the thylacine had a doglike skull, was about the height and shape of a Doberman, and had tigerlike stripes on its back that may have helped conceal it in the bush from its prey.
2011 January 8, Sean B. Carroll, “Call of the Thylacine: Protect the Wild”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Englishtiger
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishtigerlike
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APA
tigerlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tigerlike
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Chicago
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