/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of black bear Find synonyms for: Noun1. Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus, bearusage: bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia2. American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus, bearusage: brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bearWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: magnanimous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language