Thesaurus:sheep

Thesaurus

sheep

English

Noun

Sense: a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis

Synonyms

• Ovis
• sheep

Hyponyms

• bellwether
• chilver
• ewe
• hoggerel
• hogget
• lamb
• ram
• teg
• wether
• yeanling

Hypernyms

• bovid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ruminant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mammal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vertebrate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• animal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• mutton

See also

• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:shy person

Further reading

• “366. animal” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sheep” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.