animal
Meanings
Plural: animals
Noun
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- Any eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
- Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
- A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate.
- A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
- A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.
- A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
- A non-human mammal.
- A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
- A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
- Matter, thing.
Adjective Satellite
- marked by the appetites and passions of the body
- "animal instincts"
Adj
- Of or relating to animals.
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- Excellent.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (whence modern English deer; from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (whence modern English rother; from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).
Synonyms
animal, animalistic, animate being, beast, beastie, beastly, bestial, brute, carnal, creature, critter, deer, fauna, fleshly, monster, savage, sensual, untamed, wild
Scrabble Score: 8
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