Synonyms for whelp

Most common

dog · puppy · pup · cub

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

kill

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

Related words

Word family

whelpie

Phrases

wolf whelp

Forms

Plural

whelps → pups, puppies, dogs, cubs…

Example sentences

• dog I used a photo of my dog for my desktop wallpaper.
• puppy This puppy is crying because it misses its mother.
• pup My pup took a marrow-bone and sat mousy-quiet in a corner.
• cub The lion cub is the son of the lion and lioness.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

dog¹, pup¹, cub¹

4 letters

bear¹

5 letters

puppy²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puppy² = 2 syllables).