Thesaurus results for COYOTES

coyotes

noun

variants or coyote

plural of coyote

as in gunrunners

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of coyotes On a brisk October morning, a coyote ventured onto a mound of dirt in Agoura Hills and inadvertently became a pioneer. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 But Eastern coyotes, unlike other coyote species, are considered a hybrid of coyote, wolf, and domestic dog genetics. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026 Tom Waits lends his feral baritone to a commander of a coyote military brigade. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026 The coyote was found where the attack happened and was later euthanized. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026 The footage shows a coyote getting some serious air in order to snatch a pear off a tree. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The department said the coyote was involved in an incident with a 16-month-old near the 3300 block of Glenhurst Avenue on Friday. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coyotes

Noun

Employees have become burned out and morally conflicted as their focus has shifted from pursuing drug smugglers and human traffickers to apprehending asylum seekers in courthouses and arresting day laborers at their worksites.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Most of the people arriving from Cuba at the height of the influx in 2022 and 2023 came in groups on makeshift vessels, not by smugglers.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of smugglers

Noun

But his favorite piece isn’t something fans can get from bootleggers.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Artificial intelligence developers have borrowed the word to describe boiling down a big AI model into a smaller one—and lately the biggest AI companies say that rivals have been distilling like bootleggers.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bootleggers

Noun

Just go festive with a cornucopia of linens, including tablecloths, napkins, and table runners that let guests know where to gather.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
The paper also published WhatsApp messages from former Britain’s Got Talent runners who complained about Walliams informally in work messaging groups.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of runners

Browse Nearby Words

coyote

coyotes

cozen

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Coyotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coyotes. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of coyotes

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

gauntlet

Popular in Grammar & Usage

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Popular in Wordplay

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes