Synonyms and Antonyms of animal

synonym (synonym of animal)

  • (noun)
    beast, fauna, living organism, sentient being, brute, living creature
    An animal is a sentient being, distinct from inanimate matter and from vegetable life on the one side and from mental and spiritual existence on the o more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.tops)
    animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
     
  • (adj.all)
    carnal, fleshly, sensual
    marked by the appetites and passions of the body (adj.all)
     

antonym (antonym of animal)

similar (similar with animal)

  • marked by the appetites and passions of the body (adj.all)
    physical
    involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit (adj.all)
     

hypernym (animal IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
    being, organism
    a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF animal relation)

  • (noun.animal)
    pest
    any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    critter
    a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    creepy-crawly
    an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    darter
    a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    peeper
    an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm
    an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    ectotherm, poikilotherm
    an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    range animal
    any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    varment, varmint
    any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    scavenger
    any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    work animal
    an animal trained for and used for heavy labor (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    domestic animal, domesticated animal
    any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    feeder
    an animal that feeds on a particular source of food (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    migrator
    an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    molter, moulter
    an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    pet
    a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    stayer
    a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    stunt
    a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature
    any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    female
    an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    male
    an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    adult
    any mature animal (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    offspring, young
    any immature animal (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred
    a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    giant
    any creature of exceptional size (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    survivor
    an animal that survives in spite of adversity (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    mutant
    an animal that has undergone mutation (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    herbivore
    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    insectivore
    any organism that feeds mainly on insects (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    acrodont
    an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    pleurodont
    an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    zooplankton
    animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg
    an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in comm more.. (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    chordate
    any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    metazoan
    any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    omnivore
    an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    predator, predatory animal
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    prey, quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    game
    animal hunted for food or sport (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    hexapod
    an animal having six feet (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    biped
    an animal with two feet (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    larva
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must more.. (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    racer
    an animal that races (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    fictional animal
    animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.person)
    captive
    an animal that is confined (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    mate
    the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) (noun.person)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • (noun.body)
    caput, head
    the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.body)
    face
    the part of an animal corresponding to the human face (noun.body)
     

member meronym (HAS MEMBER relation)

substance holonym (SUBSTANCE OF relation)

  • (noun.body)
    animal tissue
    the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body)
     

derivation (.... is derived from animal)

domain member category (.... is a member category of animal domain)

  • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
    ritual killing, sacrifice
    the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    tracking, trailing
    the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    micro-organism, microorganism
    any organism of microscopic size (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    actinomycete
    any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    trap
    a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    humaneness
    the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.body)
    body, organic structure, physical structure
    the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.body)
    side
    either the left or right half of a body (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    nose
    the sense of smell (especially in animals) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.food)
    diet
    the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) (noun.food)
     
  • (noun.object)
    transmitter, vector
    any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (noun.object)
     
  • (noun.person)
    sitter
    an organism (person or animal) that sits (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    stander
    an organism (person or animal) that stands (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    wart
    any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.state)
    schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch
    a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes (noun.state)
     
  • (verb.change)
    bone, debone
    remove the bones from (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    domesticate, tame
    make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame
    overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    drench
    force to drink (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    crop, graze, pasture
    let feed in a field or pasture or meadow (verb.contact)
     
  • (adj.all)
    crested, topknotted, tufted
    (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    bone-covered
    (of animals) armored with bone (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    free-swimming, unattached
    (of animals) able to swim about; not attached (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hispid
    (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous
    (of animals) carnivorous (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, plant-eating
    (of animals) feeding on plants (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    all-devouring
    (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    insectivorous
    (of animals and plants) feeding on insects (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    epizootic
    (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
    (of animals) fully developed (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed
    (of animals) having only one purebred parent (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    registered
    (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    unregistered
    (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    gregarious
    (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    social
    tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind (adj.all)
     
synonym antonym similar hypernym hyponym part holonym member meronym beast fauna brute animate being creature carnal angel man mind soul substance material physical being organism pest critter creepy-crawly darter peeper caput head face animal kingdom animalia kingdom animalia
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