What is another word for animal?
Synonyms for animal
ˈæn ə məlan·i·mal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
animal
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 animal. But because the animal life is the lowest and rudest part of his being and that which he shares with inferior creatures, to call any individual man an animal is to imply that the animal nature has undue supremacy, and so is deep condemnation or utter insult. The brute is the animal viewed as dull to all finer feeling; the beast is looked upon as a being of appetites. To call a man a brute is to imply that he is unfeeling and cruel; to call him a beast is to indicate that he is vilely sensual. We speak of the cruel father as a brute to his children; of the drunkard as making a beast of himself. So firmly are these figurative senses established that we now incline to avoid applying brute or beast to any creature, as a horse or dog, for which we have any affection; we prefer in such cases the word animal. Creature is a word of wide signification, including all the things that God has created, whether inanimate objects, plants, animals, angels, or men. The animals of a region are collectively called its fauna.
Synonyms:
beast, brute, fauna, living creature, living organism, sentient beingAntonyms:
angel, inanimate object, man, matter, mind, mineral, soul, spirit, substance (material), vegetable
Princeton's WordNet
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, faunaadjective
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Synonyms:
zoology, puppet, fauna, tool, animate being, wight, wildcat, brute, beast, wolf, creature, savageAntonyms:
mentalanimal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensualadjective
marked by 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"
Antonyms:
mental
Editors Contribution
organismnoun
i am studying an animal. or i am studying an organism.
Submitted by christinam.88369 on October 20, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
animalnoun
Synonyms:
creature, living being, created beinganimalnoun
Synonyms:
BEAST, BRUTE, irrational creature, dumb creature, beast of the field, fowl of the air, denizen of the deep
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
animaladjective
Synonyms:
brute, beastly, brutal, brutish, bestial, carnal, physical, fleshlyanimalnoun
Synonyms:
being, creature, brute, beastAssociated words:
zoölogy, zoölogist, zoögraphy, zoöpathology, zoölatry, zoöphilist, zoöphily, zoötomy, zoiatrics, zoölogical, zoo, warren, taxidermy, taxidermist, veterinarian, veterinarianism, menagerie, pound, animalism, animalize, animalization
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "animal":
animals, livestock, animale, pet, beast, animal-sourced, animalistic, animales, zoo, animal-based, animal-derived, veterinary, wildlife, beasts, animali
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1247 | tool | |
#1294 | animal | |
#1411 | animals | |
#1803 | pet | |
#3215 | wildlife | |
#4619 | beast | |
#5073 | wolf | |
#5536 | zoo | |
#7202 | veterinary | |
#8143 | livestock | |
#9792 | savage | |
#9827 | creature | |
#15375 | puppet | |
#16135 | fauna | |
#16634 | wight | |
#17652 | beasts | |
#19536 | zoology | |
#23477 | brute | |
#26826 | wildcat | |
#46863 | animale | |
#46878 | animales | |
#72411 | animali | |
#144161 | animalistic |
How to use animal in a sentence?
Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all the same.' They are all the same in certain ways, alas -- a political animal is such an animal. But lurking somewhere behind their rhetoric and their spittle are important choices that we should make.
We need a sense of the unity of life and of humans for the sake of human welfare and for the survival of the planet. We need a sense of unity with the cosmos so that we can connect with Reality. But we also need a sense of individuality, for the sake of our own dignity and independence and of the loving care for others. We need it to appreciate each natural form, each animal and plant, each human person in their uniqueness.
Article No. 3 no animal shall be subjected to mistreatment or cruel acts. This law is not being enforced and I believe it will never be enforced
When I put my post up on Facebook yes I was a excited Dad. And also I wanted to make people aware that there is elk in northern Missouri. Donald White said his daughter has faced social media bullying since the incident. (Donald White) There’s no hunting season for elk in Missouri. The state’s conservation department reintroduced the animal at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in 2011 and is currently growing a herd. However, the elk Wilson shot was about 200 miles away from the herd, Springfield News-Leader reported. There are no reports of elk in this area. It was kind of a surprise to us. There was no evidence of any ear tags or collars on this one.
The most likely explanation is a natural evolution from an animal reservoir to a human, once you say that, which I believe is the more likely, you've got to make sure you emphasize that you still keep an open mind for all possibilities, including a lab leak.
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- حيوانArabic
- zvířeCzech
- dyrDanish
- TierGerman
- bestoEsperanto
- animalSpanish
- حیوانPersian
- eläinFinnish
- animalFrench
- जानवरHindi
- állatHungarian
- hewanIndonesian
- animaleItalian
- 動物Japanese
- 동물Korean
- AnimalLatin
- dierDutch
- dyrNorwegian
- zwierzęPolish
- animalPortuguese
- animalRomanian
- djur-Swedish
- கால்நடைTamil
- hayvanTurkish
- тваринаUkrainian
- thú vậtVietnamese
- 動物Chinese
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