MULE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

mule

noun

Definition of mule

as in coyote

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Recent Examples of mule Alpine referring to the electric A110 at Goodwood as a development mule suggests that the vehicle remains a work in progress. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2026 The hybrid shoes—part mule, part sneaker—are ridiculously easy and so comfortable. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 5 July 2026 Visitors can expect to see everything from lupine and mule's ear at lower elevations to Colorado's state flower, the columbine, higher in the mountains. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 23 June 2026 That car started its life as a development mule before being refitted for Pikes Peak duty with the mandatory roll cage and fuel cell, which Chevrolet’s engineers opted to mount in the trunk. — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mule

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Noun

Been seeing a lot of white tail deer and the occasional gator, bobcat, hog, and even a coyote a few weeks ago!

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026
The other rabid animals were five bats and one each cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck.

— Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026

Definition of coyote

Noun

Adults must crawl through doorways, buildings look like dollhouses and dwarf goats and donkeys hunker in the animal section.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Officials said a mix of exotic animals, livestock and domestic pets were living on the property, including dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, donkeys, goats and pigs.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of donkey

Noun

In between are a bunch of mongrel appliances that leave both humans and technology worse for wear, like a computer, in a 2024 photo by Sara Deraedt, that seems to be giving birth to a wet child.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2025

Definition of mongrel

Noun

Entry-level hybrids that don't plug in start at just over $43,000, while entry-level Tiguan models start at just under $31,000.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 30 July 2026
The guild pulling its sponsorship of Urbanworld reflects how AI remains a third rail within the creative community, even as everyone from directors to actors to director-actor-executive hybrids embrace it in different ways.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of hybrid

Noun

Some common options for hanging pots include succulents like burro's tail or string of pearls, trailing lantana, and trailing verbena.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026
Drive the 14-mile, impossibly scenic Needles Highway and 18-mile Wildlife Loop through grasslands and forest—but be prepared to brake for bison and burros!

— Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026

Definition of burro

Noun

Labradoodles are a crossbreed between a Labrador Retriever and a Poodle.

— Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
While the findings aren’t a condemnation of any one specific crossbreed, the study’s authors hope the new information will help dispel ongoing myths about designer dogs.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of crossbreed

Noun

As always, the ass-kickin’ melodrama begins and ends with our Mother Lioness, Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
Not tastefully enough to refrain from gratuitous shots of McNichol’s bare ass in a scene where Billy argues in the bathroom with Cheryl.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 July 2026

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