ANIMAL Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word animal. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| beast | nounn | |||||
noun • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement • a cruelly rapacious person | ||||||
| brute | nounn | |||||
noun • a cruelly rapacious person • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement adjective satellite • resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | ||||||
| creature | nounn | |||||
noun • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement • a living being • a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | ||||||
| fauna | nounn | |||||
noun • all the animal life in a particular region or period • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||||||
| amphibian | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
adjective • relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia noun • a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water • an airplane designed to take off and land on water • cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | ||||||
| being | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • the state or fact of existing • a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | ||||||
| bird | nounn | |||||
noun • warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food • informal terms for a (young) woman • a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt • badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers verb • watch and study birds in their natural habitat | ||||||
| critter | nounn | |||||
noun • a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) | ||||||
| fish | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces • the flesh of fish used as food • the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 verb • seek indirectly • catch or try to catch fish or shellfish | ||||||
| insect | nounn | |||||
noun • small air-breathing arthropod • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | ||||||
| mammal | nounn | |||||
noun • any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||||||
| organism | nounn | |||||
noun • a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently • a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body | ||||||
| quadruped | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • having four feet noun • an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking | ||||||
| reptile | nounn | |||||
noun • any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | ||||||
| vertebrate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • having a backbone or spinal column noun • animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||||||
| living thing | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a living (or once living) entity | ||||||
| animalistic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or pertaining to animalism | ||||||
| beastly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adverb • in a beastly manner adjective satellite • (informal) very unpleasant • resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | ||||||
| monster | nounn | |||||
noun • an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed • a cruel wicked and inhuman person • (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | ||||||
| savage | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a member of an uncivilized people • a cruelly rapacious person adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering • wild and menacing • without civilizing influences • marked by extreme and violent energy verb • attack brutally and fiercely • criticize harshly or violently | ||||||
