Antonyms for fox

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : foks

Phonetic Transcription : fɒks

Definition of fox

Origin : Old English fox, from West Germanic *fukhs (cf. Old Saxon vohs, Middle Dutch and Dutch vos, Old High German fuhs, German Fuchs, Old Norse foa, Gothic fauho), from Proto-Germanic base *fuh-, corresponding to PIE *puk- "tail" (cf. Sanskrit puccha- "tail").
The bushy tail is also the source of words for "fox" in Welsh (llwynog, from llwyn "bush"); Spanish (raposa, from rabo "tail"); and Lithuanian (uodegis "fox," from uodega "tail"). Metaphoric extension to "clever person" is early 13c. Meaning "sexually attractive woman" is from 1940s; but foxy in this sense is recorded from 1895.

As in canine : noun dog
As in vermin : noun pest
As in dish : noun attractive woman
As in doll : noun attractive woman
As in outwit/outsmart : verb get the better of; figure out before another
As in top : verb surpass
As in outwit : verb deceive
As in outsmart : verb outwit
As in outthink : verb outwit
As in fool : verb trick, mislead

Example sentences :

The bond was delivered to Fox, who tore it up and flung the pieces into the fire.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Besides, you two might like to watch how I set a trap to catch a fox.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Besides, Trapper Jim declared he owed the fox skin to Ed, anyhow.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Up and down he walked beneath the tree like a fox caught in a hencoop.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

As Miss Fox was exactly informed of all our plans, she was able to copy them in her own arrangements.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

And as good success had Themistocles in his of the fox and hedgehog.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

She'll keep stayin' out o' nights till th' fox 'll grab 'er.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

The scholar was mortified and began to scold him; but the fox disappeared with a horse-laugh.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

The fox came to see him at night, and went walking with him in the villages.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

“There is only a black mist about your head,” answered the fox.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Synonyms for fox

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