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Synonyms for buffalo

Most common

plains buffalo bison carabao

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

Forms

Plural
buffaloes → bisons, carabaos, buffles, bootnecks…

Example sentences

  • bison The bison is the national mammal of the United States.
  • carabao The farmer in the Philippines relies on his carabao to plow the rice fields.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
buffalosteady
bisonrising
carabaofalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
bison2
6 letters
buffle
7 letters
carabao
8 letters
bootneck

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bison2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
buffle
Italiano
bufalo
Deutsch
Büffel