Home › Words › P › pouncerpouncerpouncer means one who pounces.EtymologyFrom pounce + -er.nounOne who pounces.e.g.“Leopards, like their smaller domestic counterparts, are pouncers, and their jumping helps them stay in shape.” — 2008 January 18, Laurel Graeber, “Children’s Events”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.prowler 65% match — One who roves about for prey; one who prowls. vs pouncer →pouncy 64% match — Punchy, aggressive. vs pouncer →pouncing 64% match — The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. vs pouncer →trouncer 62% match — One who trounces. vs pouncer →prancer 62% match — A person or animal (especially a horse) that prances. vs pouncer →pounce 62% match — A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface. vs pouncer →depredator 59% match — One who depredates, or commits depredation. vs pouncer →pursuer 59% match — One who pursues. vs pouncer →