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

2 senses of carnivore

Sense 1
carnivore -- (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb")
       => placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal -- (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Sense 2
carnivore -- (any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores")
       => predator, predatory animal -- (any animal that lives by preying on other animals)