wild boar

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsboarSus scrofa

   Broaderswine

   Part ofSus

   Partstusk

Questions about wild boar

What does wild boar mean?

wild boar means "Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States".

What is another word for wild boar?

Close synonyms include boar, Sus scrofa. 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 wild boar a common word?

wild boar 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.