/ Thesaurus / H Synonyms of hyena dog Find synonyms for: Noun1. African hunting dog, hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, wild dogusage: a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled areaWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: cygnet Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language