ferret - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

Synonyms

• ferret

More generic

• Mustela putorius
• fitch
• foulmart
• foumart
• polecat

Noun

musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

Synonyms

• Mustela nigripes
• black-footed ferret
• ferret

More generic

• mustelid
• musteline
• musteline mammal

Related

• Mustela
• genus Mustela

Verb

search and discover through persistent investigation

Synonyms

• ferret
• ferret out

More generic

• discover
• find

Verb

hunt with ferrets

Synonyms

• ferret

More generic

• hunt
• hunt down
• run
• track down

Verb

hound or harry relentlessly

Synonyms

• ferret

More generic

• hound
• hunt
• trace

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