wildcat

/wˈaɪldkˌæt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
2. a cruelly rapacious person
3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

adjective

1. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
   “wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks”
2. without official authorization
   “an unauthorized strike”
3. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
   “drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation”

Synonyms for wildcat

• wildcat well
• beast
• wolf
• savage
• brute
• unsound
• unauthorized
• unauthorised
• unofficial
• exploratory

Words that rhyme with wildcat

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• technocrat