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ANIMAL Synonyms

There are 26 synonyms of the word animal. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word animal. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for ANIMAL

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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

Best Hypernyms For ANIMAL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for animal, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
being organism

Alternatives for BEAST

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