Synonyms for fox
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : foks |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɒks |
Top 10 synonyms for fox Other synonyms for the word fox
- angel
- babe
- baffle
- bamboozle
- bash
- bathing beauty
- be first
- beat
- beauty queen
- bedbug
- best
- better
- bewilder
- blow away
- bluff
- broad
- bunny
- cap
- centerfold
- centipede
- cheat
- chicane
- chick
- chow
- circumvent
- clobber
- con
- confuse
- cover girl
- coyote
- cupcake
- cur
- cutie
- cutie-pie
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- diddle
- dingo
- doll
- dollface
- dream girl
- dreamboat
- dupe
- end run
- end-run
- excel
- fake out
- figure out
- finagle
- flimflam
- fly
- fox
- foxes
- glamor girl
- glamour girl
- go beyond
- good-looking woman
- goose
- gull
- gyp
- have
- hoax
- honey
- hoodwink
- hot dish
- hot number
- hound
- hyena
- jip
- jive
- juke
- kid
- lead astray
- lead on
- lice
- lobo
- make a fool of
- make a monkey of
- make believe
- mice
- mislead
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outshine
- outsmart
- outthink
- overreach
- overrun
- peach
- pin-up
- play a trick on
- play-act
- pooch
- pretend
- pull a fast one on
- pup
- put on
- put one over on
- rat
- raving beauty
- rodent
- run circles around
- scam
- sex bunny
- sex kitten
- sex pot
- sexpot
- shut out
- snake
- snow
- spoof
- suck in
- swindle
- take in
- termite
- tomato
- top
- total
- transcend
- trick
- trifle
- weasel
- wolf
- worst
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fox
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