as in omnivores
an animal that eats meat; a meat eater
—sometimes used humorously to refer to people who eat meat
Many of my friends are vegetarians, but I'm a carnivore.
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Recent Examples of carnivores
Chef Angie Mar made the Beatrice Inn a meat Mecca for downtown NYC carnivores.
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Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The rare baby boy was born Sunday after seven hours of labor and is doing well, said Matthey Lenyo, the zoo’s curator of primates and carnivores.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
Nagatitan would have lived with smaller plant-eating dinosaurs, including iguanodontians, some cousins of the Triceratops called ceratopsians, as well as large carnivores, and flying pterosaurs.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
Manure from animals that don’t consume meat (rabbits, cows, horses) is fine, but do not use waste from carnivores.
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Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Spiral Diner serves vegan comfort food that will satisfy herbivores and carnivores alike.
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Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
And so, under the cover of night, the two carnivores have been constantly at odds, racing for the right to hunt rabbits and squirrels, and for the space to dig a den to rear their young.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
The low price has also become a punchline, with jokes tying the $23 rate to the proximity of large carnivores.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
Scolding carnivores everywhere on Meat is Murder’s provocative six-minute title track, Morrissey began his long career as pop music’s most confrontational vegetarian.
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Al Shipley,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The rare baby boy was born Sunday after seven hours of labor and is doing well, said Matthey Lenyo, the zoo’s curator of primates and carnivores.
—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
Nagatitan would have lived with smaller plant-eating dinosaurs, including iguanodontians, some cousins of the Triceratops called ceratopsians, as well as large carnivores, and flying pterosaurs.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
Manure from animals that don’t consume meat (rabbits, cows, horses) is fine, but do not use waste from carnivores.
—
Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Spiral Diner serves vegan comfort food that will satisfy herbivores and carnivores alike.
—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
And so, under the cover of night, the two carnivores have been constantly at odds, racing for the right to hunt rabbits and squirrels, and for the space to dig a den to rear their young.
—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
The low price has also become a punchline, with jokes tying the $23 rate to the proximity of large carnivores.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
Scolding carnivores everywhere on Meat is Murder’s provocative six-minute title track, Morrissey began his long career as pop music’s most confrontational vegetarian.
—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivores
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The ranch is home to a couple of hundred animals, including impalas, Nubian ibexes and an antelope found in Central Africa.
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Dogs Inherited The ‘Wolf Pack’ Obligation Wolves are what biologists call obligate social hunters, that is, animals whose survival depends not just on being with others, but on coordinating with them.
Noun
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What happens in a world where young people are always rendered as creatures of the present, rather than also existing in the past?
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Coffin co-directed four of those movies and voices every last one of the yellow creatures himself.
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Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
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And critters love to set up inside intake valves, breaking boats’ cooling systems, Hamm noted.
Cite this Entry
“Carnivores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivores. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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