The word Panther has several meanings:

• Any big cat with the condition known as melanism (causing black fur), see:
  • Black Panther
  • Leopard
  • Puma
  • Jaguar
• Any big cat from the genus Panthera, see:
  • Lion
  • Tiger
  • Leopard
  • Jaguar
• Codename for Mac OS X v10.3 (operating system)
• Panther tank (tank of Nazi Germany in WWII)
• The Black Panther Party, a revolutionary Black nationalist organisation in the United States formed during the 1960s.
• A car manufacturer, Panther Westwinds.
• A military version of the Eurocopter Dauphin
• Gray Panthers
• Pink Panther
• White Panther Party
• the callsign of Wing Commander character Tamara Farnsworth.