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

2 senses of chamois

Sense 1
chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather -- (a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin)
       => leather -- (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Sense 2
chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra -- (hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips)
       => goat antelope -- (bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats)