'wildcat' definitions:
Definition of 'wildcat'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"
adjective
Without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage" [syn: unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat]
adjective
(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"
noun
An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field [syn: wildcat well, wildcat]
noun
noun
Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
Synonyms of 'wildcat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurous,
- aleatory,
- beldam,
- bitch-kitty,
- bobcat,
- cat-a-mountain,
- catamount,
- chancy,
- cheetah,
- cougar,
- dicey,
- disobedient,
- full of risk,
- fury,
- grimalkin,
- hag,
- hazardous,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- hellcat,
- hellhag,
- insubordinate,
- irresponsible,
- jaguar,
- Jezebel,
- lawless,
- Leo,
- leopard,
- licentious,
- lion,
- lynx,
- mountain lion,
- mutinous,
- ocelot,
- painter,
- panther,
- puma,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- riskful,
- risky,
- self-willed,
- she-devil,
- she-wolf,
- Siberian tiger,
- simba,
- siren,
- speculative,
- termagant,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- unaccountable,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- ungoverned,
- unreined,
- unrestrained,
- venturesome,
- venturous,
- virago,
- vixen,
- willful,
- witch