antelope

noun

an·​te·​lope ˈan-tə-ˌlōp 

plural antelope or antelopes

1

: any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward

2

: leather from antelope hide

Examples of antelope in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are deer in those draws, antelope on the plateau, and elk in the mountains. —Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025

Also avoid bats, monkeys and forest antelope, and do not enter caves or mines where bats may live. —Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025

The ranch also lies directly on the path of one of the largest mule deer and antelope migrations in the Lower 48, drawing hunters each year, and when snow covers the valley, the focus shifts to winter activities—snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and even ice skating on the pond. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025

Most travelers associate the Great Migration with East Africa’s Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya, where millions of blue wildebeest—African antelopes also called gnus—thunder across the savanna each year. —Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, fabulous heraldic beast, probably from Middle French antelop savage animal with sawlike horns, from Medieval Latin anthalopus, from Late Greek antholop-, antholops

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing antelope

• pronghorn antelope

Rhymes for antelope

• bronchoscope
• cantaloupe
• cystoscope
• endoscope
• envelope
• epitope
• gyroscope
• horoscope
• isotope
• microscope
• misanthrope
• pericope

Kids Definition

antelope

noun

an·​te·​lope ˈant-ᵊl-ˌōp 

plural antelope or antelopes

1

: any of various cud-chewing mammals chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that are related to the goats and oxen and that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward

2

: pronghorn