Find the word that fits

Deer: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Deer

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

60 useful connections shown 18 reviewed relationships and 42 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Narrower term 13

Brocket 76% connected

A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Caribou 76% connected

The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Elaphure 76% connected

A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Elk 76% connected

A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Fallow deer 76% connected

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Fawn 76% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Moose 76% connected

A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a hors…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Muntjac 76% connected

Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Pricket 76% connected

A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Reindeer 76% connected

Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Sambur 76% connected

An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Wapiti 76% connected

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Whitetail 76% connected

The Virginia deer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 1

Ruminant 76% connected

Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Component part 4

Antler 70% connected

The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Flag 70% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Scut 70% connected

The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Withers 70% connected

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.