WOLVES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

wolves

noun

plural of wolf

as in womanizers

a man given to seducing women she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her

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a person who habitually preys upon others no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep

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Recent Examples of wolves While conservationists celebrated efforts to return wolves to Europe over the past two decades, some farmers lost livestock to these predators and faced higher costs to protect their flocks. — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026 Currently, Avis is developing American Wolf — a film on the wolves of Yellowstone, based on the novel by Nate Blakeslee — with Appian Way. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Boyles responded that the groups were contesting the decisions based on the law, and not asking the panel to substitute its own views about wolves for those of the federal government. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Settlers arrived slowly, then in booms, cutting trees, burning stumps, shooting wolves, and plowing the black ground with teams of oxen, raising vegetables for their families and wheat to sell over the Erie Canal. — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026 While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The dogs were huskies or malamutes because this research was part of a larger project looking at dogs and wolves. — Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 At least Payton had the decency to meet the media for an unscheduled press conference Thursday rather than send Webb to the wolves (think Nuggets’ David Adelman as the first public voice on Michael Malone’s firing). — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 The study, which was published Wednesday in PLOS One, was conducted during the Covid pandemic as part of a larger project comparing the activity patterns of socialized wolves and domestic dogs. — Gina Vivinetto, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The brothers, their lawyers conceded, were womanizers.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of womanizers

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The male of the species remains alone with the eggs and fights off predators until his body gives out, at which point his flesh becomes the hatchlings’ first food.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
With few predators in these new habitats, a single fish can produce more than 2 million eggs a year.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of predators

Noun

Nature lovers, artists (Ansel Adams found a muse in the Snake River), and outdoor adventurers know the gateway to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is more than just a winter sports destination.

— Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lovers

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Many Orlando-area homes feature skeletons that tower over the neighborhood, witchy covens, horror movie icons, clowns, pirate ships, pumpkins, zombies and vampires.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
It is nearly considered folkloric, with contemporary vampires still mirroring the characteristics of Polidori’s Ruthven.

— Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of vampires

Noun

Mythical creatures, too, soaked in the supernatural; half-men, half-animals who evaded classification—centaurs and satyrs, fauns and werewolves—straddling the boundary between man and beast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Through the eyes of a scammer, America is a nation of satyrs and harlots, our concupiscence interrupted only by occasional trips to Walmart or the gas station.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

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