Mascot

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person, animal, or object believed to bring good luck, especially one kept as the symbol of an organization such as a sports team.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. something thought to bring good luck
  • n. something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.
  • n. Anything that brings good luck; especially, an animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a symbol and to bring luck.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A thing supposed to bring good luck to its possessor; a person whose presence is supposed to be a cause of good fortune.
  • Of the nature of a mascot; having luck-bringing qualities; lucky: as, mascot snakes; a mascot dog or goat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
  • Equivalent
    mascotte   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Form
    mascotry   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ascot    ascot    basket    casket    gasket   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    half-bird    archiver    gremlin    bugaboo