/ Thesaurus / A Synonyms of american elk Find synonyms for: Noun1. wapiti, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, deer, cervidusage: large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male2. red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus, deer, cervidusage: common deer of temperate Europe and AsiaWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eccentric Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language