inanimate
1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things (Freq. 1)
- the word 'car' is inanimate
• Ant:
animate
• Topics:
linguistics
2. not endowed with life
- the inorganic world is inanimate
- inanimate objects
• Syn:
nonliving, non-living
• Ant:
animate
• Similar to:
nonconscious
• Derivationally related forms:
inanimateness
• Attrubites:
animateness, aliveness, liveness
3. appearing dead;
not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
- an inanimate body
- pulseless and dead
• Syn:
breathless, pulseless
• Similar to:
dead
• Derivationally related forms:
inanimateness, breathlessness (for: breathless)
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