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Synonyms of cattle

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Another word for cattle is beef. Other synonyms of cattle are Bos, bovine, cattlebeast, cattlehead and neat.

Synonyms and similar words for cattle

nounPeople who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

  • beefThe meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
  • Bos
  • bovineAn animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
  • cattlebeast
  • cattleheadHead of cattle; a neat, a beef, a single bovine.
  • neatCattle collectively.
  • kine
  • sheeplePeople who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.

Meaning of cattle

  1. noun Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
  2. noun Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
  3. noun People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

Full definition of cattle

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Questions about synonyms of cattle

What is another word for cattle?
Cattle has 8 synonyms on Word.ws, such as beef, Bos, bovine, cattlebeast, cattlehead, neat, kine and sheeple.
What does cattle mean?
Cattle means domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cattle (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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