hare
Rabbit's larger cousin
A hare is a long-eared mammal resembling a rabbit but typically larger, with longer legs built for speed.
Unlike rabbits, hares live above ground and their young are born fully furred with open eyes.
To hare is to run fast: We hared off down the street.
In the fable, the hare loses to the tortoise through overconfidence.
Long-eared lagomorph
- jackrabbitLarge North American hare
- cottontailNorth American wild rabbit
- leveretFirst-year hare
- lagomorphRabbit-like mammal order
pika · coney · lapin · Lepus · bunny · mammal · herbivore · warren
Vehicles under unified command
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- rapidMoving with haste
- speedyCharacterized by quickness
- quickMoving with speed
fast · nimble · darting · bounding · scurrying · dashing · sprinting · bolting
Moving swiftly through
- greyhoundSleek, fast-running breed
- trackPath or monitored route
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- chaseRapid following of quarry
competition · speed · betting · sport · racing · quarry · lure · hunt
Secured or destined
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- hopSmall, quick jump
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- vaultSecure storage chamber
lunge · pounce · bounce · skip · zigzag · dodge · dart · sprint
Cunning deceiver in myth
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
- moonNatural planetary satellite
- lunarOf the moon
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
Aesop · tortoise · fable · shapeshifter · cunning · madness · Celtic · African
Prone to nervous fright
- waryGuardedly alert
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
vigilant · cautious · startled · flighty · spooked · freeze · bolt · camouflage
rabbit
Long-eared lagomorph
- jackrabbitLarge North American hare
- cottontailNorth American wild rabbit
- leveretFirst-year hare
lagomorph · pika · coney · lapin · Lepus · bunny · mammal · herbivore · warren · burrow
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
quick · fast · nimble · darting · bounding · scurrying · dashing · sprinting · bolting · racing
coursing
Moving swiftly through
chase · competition · speed · betting · sport · racing · quarry · lure · hunt · beagling
bound
Secured or destined
vault · lunge · pounce · bounce · skip · zigzag · dodge · dart · sprint · bolt
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
mythology · Aesop · tortoise · fable · shapeshifter · cunning · madness · Celtic · African · jackalope
skittish
Prone to nervous fright
watchful · vigilant · cautious · startled · flighty · spooked · freeze · bolt · camouflage · hiding
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- litterScattered waste or debris
- reproductionCopying or procreation
spring · March · mating · leverets · multiply · fecundity · gestation · abundant · procreate · seasonal
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
field · hedgerow · farmland · tundra · steppe · prairie · nocturnal · foraging · ecosystem · predator-prey
- desert wildlifecamel, dromedary, gazelle, oryx, jerboa
- Fable Charactersfox, tortoise, ant, grasshopper, crow
- Rabbitsbunny, cottontail, domestic rabbit, dwarf rabbit, lionhead
- swift runnerscheetah, sprinter, gazelle, pronghorn, greyhound
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- small game huntingrabbit, cottontail, jackrabbit, groundhog, woodchuck
- Harry PotterFictional adolescent sorcerer
- Harry Houdini
- tortoise and hareAesop's contrasting racers
- Tom, Dick and HarryAny ordinary person
- Dirty HarryTough cop nickname
- wild hare