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)