Synonyms for deer
dɪərdeer

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1. deernoun

   Synonyms:
   buck, fawn, venison, hart, stag, doe

2. deernoun

   a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla

   I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.

   Synonyms:
   buck, stag, venison, hart, fawn, doe

3. deernoun

   The meat of such an animal

   Oh I've never had deer before.

   Synonyms:
   doe, venison, hart, buck, fawn, stag

4. deernoun

   Any animal, especially a mammal.

   But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year. -Shakespeare, King Lear. Act III. Sc. IV.

   Synonyms:
   stag, doe, fawn, buck, hart, venison

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.0 / 5 votes

1. deer, cervidnoun

   distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

   Synonyms:
   cervid

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1. • Ruminant

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1. antelope

   Submitted by 758888 on April 21, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deernoun

   Synonyms:
   Cervidæ, fallow deer, red deer, mule deer, reindeer, buck (fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel, sore, spitter), (female) doe, roe, (male red deer) stag, hart, hind, roe (female red deer), havier (castrated), halfer, antelope hummel, staggard

   Associated words:
   venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline

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1. List of paraphrases for "deer":

   cerf, stags, stag, white-footed, venison, crackpot, scots, buck

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1. Kirsten Johnson:

   If Health Services spokesperson Elizabeth Goodsitt look at the total number of cases connected to the Deer District over the past month compared to the total number of cases in the state, it's really not that significant.

2. Kriangsak Thanompan:

   The place we found the deer is a protected forest but it is close to human communities as well as roads where passersby sometimes litter.

3. Gwen Landt:

   Gwen Landt said. Gwen Landt added that Gwen Landt is trying to give tips to people on when its best to help these animals and when they should be left alone. Rescuers believe the beautiful fawn was separated from Gwen Landt mother and hit by a car which snapped her right back leg just below the hip bone. ( Credit : SWNS) When the mama is taking care of her baby, she leaves it in the ground and it curls up like a little croissant so the mother can go off and find food, she leaves the baby because it doesnt have any scent for a predator to detect. People often come across the baby deer and they think, Oh, it doesnt have a parent, Ill rescue it. But they should wait to see if the mother comes back.

4. Yu Qiangmin:

   At the moment the real money-spinners are deer antler and ginseng.

5. Maria Francisca Isolina Castillo:

   Back in the day we ate meat from wild animals -- deer, paca, peccary -- animals from nature and not injected with anything, now almost everything you eat has been injected. That is why everyone is so lazy today!