PIGGY (piggier, piggiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: piggier    , piggiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does piggy mean? 

• PIGGY (noun)
  The noun PIGGY has 1 sense:

1. a young pig

  Familiarity information: PIGGY used as a noun is very rare.

• PIGGY (adjective)
  The adjective PIGGY has 1 sense:

1. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

  Familiarity information: PIGGY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIGGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young pig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote

Hypernyms ("piggy" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piggy"):

sucking pig (an unweaned piglet)

Holonyms ("piggy" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Derivation:

piggy (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy)

• PIGGY (adjective)

Comparative: piggier   
Superlative: piggiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

Synonyms:

hoggish; piggish; piggy; porcine; swinish

Context example:

swinish slavering over food

Similar:

gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)

Derivation:

pig (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)

piggy (a young pig)