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See definition of animal on Dictionary.com
  • adj.beastlike; carnal
  • nounanimate being; mammal

synonyms for animal

  • bodily
  • natural
  • brute
  • mammalian
  • wild
  • beastly
  • bestial
  • brutish
  • corporeal
  • earthly
  • earthy
  • feral
  • fleshy
  • muscular
  • physical
  • sensual
  • untamed
  • zoological
See also synonyms for: animals / nonanimal
On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to animal, such as: bodily, natural, brute, mammalian, wild, and beastly.

antonyms for animal

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  • gentle
  • mild
  • mineral
  • plant
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How to use animal in a sentence

Although humans might have hunted at the lake, the researchers found no stone tools or animal bones bearing butchery marks.
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It was a forest that had persisted for more than 100 million years, sheltering a dizzying abundance of plants, animals, and fungi that were found nowhere else on Earth.
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With that coupling, you also get 693 phase-detect autofocus points to enable face tracking for both people and animals.
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They’re also a key food source for bigger animals like bears and whales.
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Species ranged in size from smaller, doggish animals to somewhat cowlike creatures.
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It’s easy to build the tools you’ll need to take down small-game animals.
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Industry representatives convened a call with the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration and DHS about the impending disaster facing farmers, who would need to mass euthanize their animals if plants remained shuttered.
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It seemed that invertebrate species could get by with innate immune responses alone, since the animals generally didn’t live a long time and could breed rapidly enough to offset deaths from disease.
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The team hopes to begin tests in laboratory animals and eventually, in humans.
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You can also apply the same principles to other animal or plant life such as mushrooms, bugs, or reptiles and amphibians.
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WORDS RELATED TO ANIMAL

  • amateur
  • animal
  • challenger
  • competitor
  • contender
  • contestant
  • games player
  • gorilla
  • iron person
  • jock
  • jockey
  • muscle person
  • player
  • professional
  • shoulders
  • sport
  • sportsperson
  • superjock
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