wildcat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
Types & categories
- oil well hypernym
Related & opposite
- wildcat derivation
Sense 2 adjective
outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks
Related & opposite
- unsound similar to
Sense 3 noun
a cruelly rapacious person
Types & categories
- aggressor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
without official authorization
an unauthorized strike
Related & opposite
- unofficial similar to
Sense 5 noun
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
Types & categories
- cat hypernym
- sand cat hyponym
- European wildcat hyponym
- cougar hyponym
- ocelot hyponym
- jaguarundi hyponym
- kaffir cat hyponym
- jungle cat hyponym
- serval hyponym
- leopard cat hyponym
- tiger cat hyponym
- margay hyponym
- manul hyponym
- catamount hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Felis member holonym
Sense 6 adjective
(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
Related & opposite
- wildcat derivation
- exploratory similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wildcat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oil well |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | savage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggressor |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unofficial |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Felis |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sand cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | European wildcat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cougar |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ocelot |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jaguarundi |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kaffir cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jungle cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | serval |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | leopard cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiger cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | margay |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | manul |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | catamount |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wildcat |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | exploratory |