2. (adj)animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement Synonyms: zoology, puppet, fauna, tool, animal, animate being, wight, wildcat, brute, beast, wolf, creature, savage Antonyms: humane
3. (adj)beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility Antonyms: humane
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brute'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. brute 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 other. Thus man is properly classified as an Synonyms: animal, beast, fauna, living organism, sentient being, brute, living creature Antonyms: angel, man, mind, soul, substance (material), inanimate object, matter, mineral, spirit, vegetable
Synonyms for brute 
