'critter' definitions:
Definition of 'critter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
Definition of 'critter'
From: GCIDE
- critter \crit"ter\ (kr[i^]t"t[~e]r), n. [from creature.] [Also spelled crittur.]
- 1. Any animal; as, lots of critters come out only at night. [U. S., western dialect] [PJC]
- 2. Specifically: A domestic animal or a non-predatory wild animal; -- contrasted with varmint, also dialectal. [U. S., western dialect] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'critter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- an existence,
- animal,
- aurochs,
- beast,
- beef,
- beef cattle,
- beeves,
- being,
- bison,
- body,
- bossy,
- bovine,
- bovine animal,
- Brahman,
- brood mare,
- brute,
- buffalo,
- bull,
- bullock,
- calf,
- carabao,
- cattle,
- charger,
- colt,
- courser,
- cow,
- creature,
- creeping thing,
- dairy cattle,
- dairy cow,
- dobbin,
- dogie,
- dumb animal,
- dumb friend,
- entelechy,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- entity,
- equine,
- filly,
- foal,
- gelding,
- heifer,
- hornless cow,
- horse,
- Houyhnhnm,
- Indian buffalo,
- individual,
- kine,
- leppy,
- life,
- living being,
- living thing,
- mare,
- maverick,
- milch cow,
- milcher,
- milk cow,
- milker,
- monad,
- mount,
- muley cow,
- muley head,
- musk-ox,
- nag,
- neat,
- object,
- organism,
- ox,
- oxen,
- person,
- persona,
- personality,
- prancer,
- something,
- soul,
- stallion,
- steed,
- steer,
- stirk,
- stot,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- tarpan,
- thing,
- top horse,
- unit,
- varmint,
- war-horse,
- wild horse,
- wisent,
- yak,
- yearling,
- zebu