All animal synonyms
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A a noun animal
- mammal β any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- pet β a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
- beast β You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
- creature β You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
- stray β to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- being β Being is the present participle of be1.
- brute β If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- mutt β a dog, especially a mongrel.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- vertebrate β having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column.
- invertebrate β Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- varmint β Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S. vermin. an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- critter β A critter is a living creature.
- organism β a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- monster β a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- swine β any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
adjective animal
- physical β of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- bodily β Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body.
- visceral β of or relating to the viscera.
- instinctive β of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- innate β existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- inborn β naturally present at birth; innate.
- subconscious β existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- intuitive β perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
- instinctual β of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- natural β existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- mammalian β an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- beastly β If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- bestial β If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial, you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting.
- brutish β If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- corporeal β Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
- earthly β of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- earthy β of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- feral β causing death; fatal.
- fleshy β having much flesh; plump; fat.
- muscular β of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- sensual β pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- untamed β changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- zoological β of or relating to zoology.