/ Thesaurus / P Synonyms of prairie dog Find synonyms for: Noun1. prairie dog, prairie marmot, rodent, gnawerusage: any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cryWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tactful Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language