Synonyms & related words for tabby

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of tabby — including brindle, cat, kitten, feline, kitty, pussycat. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to tabby

Explore words related to tabby — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cattery, moggy, felinity, felid, paws, meows, ailurophile, meowing. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for tabby

Common synonyms for tabby include brindle, cat, kitten, feline, kitty, pussycat, tomcat, grimalkin — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does tabby come from?

The word tabby breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root tabby-, from Arabic attabiya (“Baghdad quarter (striped silk)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.