Inanimate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms. See Synonyms at dead.
  • adj. Not animated or energetic; dull.
  • adj. Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
  • adj. Not being, and never having been alive.
  • adj. Not animate.
  • n. Something that is not alive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To animate.
  • adj. Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To infuse life or vigor into; animate; quicken.
  • Not animate; having lost life or vital force: as, the inanimate body of a man.
  • Not animated; without vivacity or briskness; spiritless; inactive; sluggish; dull: as, inanimate movements; inanimate conversation.
  • Synonyms Dead, lifeless, inert, soulless, spiritless.
  • In grammar, denoting inanimate things: applied to a phase of ‘gender’ distinction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
  • adj. not endowed with life
  • adj. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
  • Equivalent
    nonconscious    dead   
    Antonym
    animate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    animate    inert    inactive    dull    lifeless   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    animate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lifeless    inert    unmoving    powerless    immaterial