| NOUN | animal | fox | alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | fox, dodger, slyboots | a shifty deceptive person | |
| substance | fox | the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox | |
| person | Fox, Charles James Fox | English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) | |
| person | Fox, George Fox | English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) | |
| person | Fox | a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River | |
| communication | Fox | the Algonquian language of the Fox | |
| VERB | social | fox, flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, pull a fast one on, play a trick on | deceive somebody |
| cognition | fox, confuse, throw, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | be confusing / confusing or perplexing to | |
| change | fox | become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots |
| Sounds | faa'ks | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | boondocks ... xerox / Xerox: 36 rhymes with aaks... | |
| Meaning | Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | Arctic fox, white fox, Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions |
| Reynard | A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic 'Reynard the Fox' | |
| grey fox, gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus | dark grey American fox | |
| kit fox, prairie fox, Vulpes velox | small grey fox of the plains of western North America | |
| kit fox, Vulpes macrotis | small grey fox of southwestern United States | |
| red fox, Vulpes vulpes | The common Old World fox | |
| red fox, Vulpes fulva | New World fox | |
| vixen | A female fox | |
| Broader | canine, canid | Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
| Spanish | vulpini, zorro | |
| Catalan | guilla, guineu | |
| Adjectives | vulpine, vulpecular | resembling or characteristic of a fox |
| Meaning | A shifty deceptive person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dodger, slyboots | |
| Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| Spanish | astuta, astuto, gato, pájara, pájaro, pajarraca, pajarraco, pícara, pícaro, zorro | |
| Catalan | astuta, astut, garneu, graneua, múrria, murri, picardiosa, picardiós | |
| Adjectives | foxy | marked by skill in deception |
| Verbs | fox | deceive somebody |
| Meaning | The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | fur, pelt | The dressed hairy coat of a mammal |
| Spanish | piel de zorro | |
| Catalan | pell de guineu | |
| Verbs | fox | become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots |
| Meaning | English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Charles James Fox | |
| Instance of | statesman, solon, national leader | A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
| Spanish | Charles James Fox | |
| Catalan | Charles James Fox | |
| Meaning | English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | George Fox | |
| Instance of | religious person | A person who manifests devotion to a deity |
| Spanish | Fox, George Fox | |
| Catalan | George Fox | |
| Meaning | A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | Algonquian, Algonquin | A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada |
| Meaning | The Algonquian language of the Fox. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language | family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
| Spanish | fox | |
| Meaning | deceive somebody. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, pull a fast one on, play a trick on | |
| Narrower | snooker | fool or dupe |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | chasquear, dar un chasco, embaucar, engañar, engatusar, hacer bromas, jugar una broma | |
| Catalan | burlar, enganyar, entabanar, estafar | |
| Nouns | fox | a shifty deceptive person |
| Meaning | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | confuse, throw, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | |
| Narrower | demoralize | confuse or put into disorder |
| disorient, disorientate | Cause to be lost or disoriented | |
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
| Spanish | aturdir, confundir, dejar perplejo, desorientar, tirar | |
| Catalan | confondre, deixar perplex, desconcertar, desorientar, embolicar, embrollar, ofuscar, tirar, torbar | |
| Meaning | Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | spot | Become spotted |
| Nouns | fox | the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox |
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