gazelle

Graceful African bovid

A gazelle is a slender, swift antelope native to Africa and Asia, known for its graceful build and large dark eyes.

The animal's elegance makes it a common symbol of beauty and grace: She moved with the grace of a gazelle.

Gazelles are often depicted bounding across savannas, their speed and agility legendary among prey animals.

animal

antelope

Swift horned grazer

  • impalaLeaping African antelope
  • springbokLeaping southern African antelope
  • dik-dikMiniature African antelope species

Grant's · bovid · ungulate · ruminant · herbivore · mammal · hoofed · cud-chewing · herd · fawn

speed

swift

Moving with speed

  • fleetVehicles under unified command
  • sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
  • dashQuick burst or pinch

gallop · bound · leap · quick · fast · rapid · agile · velocity · acceleration · evasion

graceful

elegance

Refined, graceful quality

slender · poise · nimble · agile · supple · delicate · sylphlike · dancer · ballet · leaping

savanna

Serengeti

Tanzanian ecosystem of grasslands

veldt · steppe · waterhole · migration · habitat · watering · drought · dry season · African · predation

Categories
Opposites
speed and agility

gazellesloth

Disinclination to exert oneself

tortoise · snail · slug · three-toed sloth · giant tortoise

body type and build

gazelleelephant

Tusked gray giant

hippopotamus · hippo · rhino · warthog · bull in a china shop

predator-prey relationship

gazellecheetah

Fastest land animal

lion · leopard · hyena · wild dog · African wild dog

Family

gazelles

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G