big cat

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscat

   Broaderfeline

   Narrowerleopardsnow leopardjaguarliontigerligertigloncheetahsaber-toothed tiger

   Part ofFelidae

Questions about big cat

What does big cat mean?

big cat means "any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild".

What is another word for big cat?

Close synonyms include cat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is big cat a common word?

big cat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.