Thesaurus Dictionary
Synonyms and antonyms of Male animals in American Thesaurus
Male animals
alpha male (noun)
a man or male animal that behaves in a confident or threatening way
billy goat (noun)
informal a male goat. A female goat is called a nanny goat.
buck (noun)
the male of some animals such as rabbits or deer
bull (noun)
an adult male of the cattle family
bullock (noun)
a young male cow that has been castrated (=had part of its sex organs removed)
cockerel (noun)
a young cock (=male chicken)
dog (noun)
a male dog or a male animal that belongs to the same group of animals as dogs, such as a male wolf or fox
drake (noun)
a male duck
drone (noun)
a type of male bee that does not do any work
gander (noun)
a male goose
hart (noun)
an old word for a “male deer.” A more usual word is stag.
jackass (noun)
a male donkey or wild ass
ox (noun)
a bull that has had its testicles removed
peacock (noun)
a large brightly-colored male bird with long blue-green tail feathers that sometimes spread out and up. The female is called a peahen.
ram (noun)
a male sheep. A female sheep is called a ewe.
rooster (noun)
a male chicken. The sound a rooster makes is called crowing, and it is written or spoken as “cock-a-doodle-do.” The usual British word is cock.
stallion (noun)
an adult male horse, especially one kept for breeding (=producing young horses). An adult female horse is called a mare.
stud (noun)
a valuable male animal with good qualities, especially a horse or a bull that people breed to produce young animals
stud (noun)
a group of male horses kept together for breeding