Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tigers

1 sense of tigers

Sense 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement -- (a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war")
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tiger

2 senses of tiger

Sense 1
tiger -- (a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me")
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 2
tiger, Panthera tigris -- (large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered)
       => big cat, cat -- (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)