Synonyms of carnivores

carnivores

noun

plural of carnivore

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.

Related Words

• omnivores
• animals
• insectivores
• creatures
• critters
• beasties
• brutes
• varmints
• vermin
• quadrupeds
• vertebrates
• bipeds
• invertebrates
• beasts
• pets
• blasties
• domestic animals
• ferals
• livestocks
• stocks

Dissimilar Words

• herbivores
• vegetarians
• vegans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carnivores

Grain-free Cats are carnivores and don’t need grains in their diets. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines. — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Chef Angie Mar made the Beatrice Inn a meat Mecca for downtown NYC carnivores. — 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