Synonyms for vegetative
ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪvveg·e·ta·tive

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1. vegetative, vegetiveadjective

   of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous

   "a dull vegetative lifestyle"

   Synonyms:
   vegetal, vegetive, vegetational

   Antonyms:
   voluntary, sexual

2. vegetal, vegetational, vegetativeadjective

   composed of vegetation or plants

   "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"

   Synonyms:
   vegetal, vegetive, vegetational

   Antonyms:
   voluntary, sexual

3. vegetativeadjective

   relating to involuntary bodily functions

   "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"

   Synonyms:
   vegetal, vegetive, vegetational

   Antonyms:
   sexual, voluntary

4. vegetal, vegetativeadjective

   (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes

   Synonyms:
   vegetal, vegetive, vegetational

   Antonyms:
   sexual, voluntary

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1. • Physiology

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1. planty

   Submitted by anonymous on May 31, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "vegetative":

   vegetation, plant, asexual, autonomic

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1. Paul Offit:

   He will live in a vegetative state probably for five years until he dies from something else. Basically, we snuffed out potentially a 75-year-old perfectly normal life because of a false concern that vaccines would do harm, or in their misguided notion that somehow religion teaches us anything other than we should care for our children.

2. Isadora Duncan:

   Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

3. Aruna Shanbaug:

   She was put on a ventilator during that time. She was being fed with a tube and had been in a vegetative state for the past 42 years.