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Defenition of the word animal

    • Defenition of the word animal

      • Any living organism characterized by voluntary movement, the possession of cells with noncellulose cell walls and specialized sense organs enabling rapid response to stimuli, and the ingestion of complex organic substances such as plants and other animals.
      • Any living organism of the Animalia reign except human
      • Of or relating to animals.
      • of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"
      • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
      • of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
      • marked by the appetites and passions of the body

    Synonyms for the word animal

      • animate being
      • beast
      • being
      • bodily
      • brute
      • carnal
      • creature
      • fauna
      • fleshly
      • inborn
      • innate
      • instinctive
      • living thing
      • mammal
      • monster
      • physical
      • sensual
      • subconscious
      • swine
      • visceral
      • zoon

    Similar words in the animal

      • animal
      • animal's
      • animallike
      • birdlike
      • cranelike
      • fishlike
      • horselike
      • insectlike
      • physical

    Meronymys for the word animal

      • animal kingdom
      • animal tissue
      • Animalia
      • caput
      • face
      • head
      • kingdom Animalia

    Hyponyms for the word animal

      • acrodont
      • adult
      • biped
      • captive
      • chordate
      • conceptus
      • creepy-crawly
      • critter
      • darter
      • dead animal
      • domestic animal
      • domesticated animal
      • ectotherm
      • embryo
      • feeder
      • female
      • fertilized egg
      • fictional animal
      • game
      • giant
      • herbivore
      • hexapod
      • homeotherm
      • homoiotherm
      • homotherm
      • insectivore
      • invertebrate
      • larva
      • male
      • marine animal
      • marine creature
      • mate
      • metazoan
      • migrator
      • molter
      • moulter
      • mutant
      • offspring
      • omnivore
      • peeper
      • pest
      • pet
      • pleurodont
      • poikilotherm
      • predator
      • predatory animal
      • prey
      • pureblood
      • purebred
      • quarry
      • racer
      • range animal
      • scavenger
      • sea animal
      • sea creature
      • stayer
      • stunt
      • survivor
      • thoroughbred
      • varment
      • varmint
      • vermin
      • work animal
      • young
      • zooplankton

    Hypernyms for the word animal

      • being
      • creature
      • life form
      • living thing
      • organism

    Antonyms for the word animal

      • human
      • mineral
      • plant
      • vegetable

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