Synonyms for Animal
ˈæn ə məlan·i·mal

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. 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 being

   Antonyms:
   angel, inanimate object, man, matter, mind, mineral, soul, spirit, substance (material), vegetable

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1. animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, faunaadjective

   a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

   Synonyms:
   zoology, puppet, fauna, tool, animal, animate being, wight, wildcat, brute, beast, wolf, creature, savage

   Antonyms:
   mental

2. animal(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

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1. organismnoun

   i am studying an animal. or i am studying an organism.

   Submitted by christinam.88369 on October 20, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. animalnoun

   Synonyms:
   creature, living being, created being

2. animalnoun

   Synonyms:
   BEAST, BRUTE, irrational creature, dumb creature, beast of the field, fowl of the air, denizen of the deep

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1. animaladjective

   Synonyms:
   brute, beastly, brutal, brutish, bestial, carnal, physical, fleshly

2. animalnoun

   Synonyms:
   being, creature, brute, beast

   Associated 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 databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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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1. Daniela Kaufer:

   You had more of those cells, and they were activated more in the next stressor, which helped the animal cope better. So we've shown that some stress can be beneficial for you.

2. Greg Rouse:

   The findings have implications for how we understand animal evolution, by placing Xenoturbella properly in the tree of life we can better understand early animal evolution.

3. Annie Scrivanich:

   This Alaskan Dream Cruises sailing includes complimentary shore excursions designed to showcase true Alaskan adventures and the native heritage, departures coincide with seasonal changes and animal migrations for the best weather and animal viewing opportunities. If you're only going to visit Alaska once, this itinerary is your best bet.

4. William Schaffner:

   Everyone with whom I've spoken, or whom I've read, thinks that it has come from a natural source, as did the SARS virus, as did the MERS virus. Both of those were also coronaviruses in animal populations that jumped to the human species in the natural environment, by now scientists all over the world have looked at this virus and nothing nefarious has come up.

5. Joe Cohn:

   Free speech zones have been used to censor students from all parts of the political spectrum, we’ve seen them used to silence students who wanted to distribute copies of the U.S. Constitution to their classmates. We‘ve seen them used against students who wanted to engage their classmates on animal rights, against students who wanted to protest the National Security Administration, and we’ve seen them used against students who wanted to advocate for gun rights.