Synonyms of pumas

pumas

noun

variants also puma

plural of puma

as in panthers

a large tawny cat of the wild

adult pumas can sometimes weigh over 200 pounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• panthers
• cougars
• mountain lions
• catamounts
• cat-a-mountains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pumas

Mountain lions are also known as cougars, pumas, panthers or catamounts, and there are projected to be 3,800 to 4,400 mountain lions currently in the wild in Colorado, the CPW noted. —Mason Leath, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026

Mountain lions — also known as cougars, pumas or catamounts — can weigh 130 pounds and grow to more than 6 feet long. —Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026

Throughout the collection, which was designed to honor the Quechua artisans and Andes communities whom the brand has collaborated with, styles feature and celebrate the sacred Peruvian symbols of the condor, puma and snake. —Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025

Footage of the incident shows the mountain lion — the species also known as a cougar, puma or panther — lurking in some brush at the Orange County park, peeking its face tentatively from a spot behind some leaves. —Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025

At the outset of this meditative novel, a pair of out-of-work twins who are haunted by their parents’ histories as thieves and killers decide to go on a hunt for a puma that is terrorizing farmers and livestock in the highlands of Tasmania. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

This broad public support for pumas could spur state wildlife agencies to explore the idea of restoring pumas in states along the East Coast where the animals were driven out decades ago by settlers, ranchers, farmers and government officials. —Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

In 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cat Alliance to save seven big cats – tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, cheetahs, jaguars and pumas – which now has 11 member countries. —Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025