brute
English Thesaurus
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
hypernym | : | being, organism, |
definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
hyponym | : | pest, |
definition | : | any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | critter, |
definition | : | a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | creepy-crawly, |
definition | : | an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | darter, |
definition | : | a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | peeper, |
definition | : | an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, |
definition | : | an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | ectotherm, poikilotherm, |
definition | : | an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | range animal, |
definition | : | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | varment, varmint, |
definition | : | any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | scavenger, |
definition | : | any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | work animal, |
definition | : | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | feeder, |
definition | : | an animal that feeds on a particular source of food (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | migrator, |
definition | : | an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | molter, moulter, |
definition | : | an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | pet, |
definition | : | a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | stayer, |
definition | : | a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | stunt, |
definition | : | a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | female, |
definition | : | an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | male, |
definition | : | an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | adult, |
definition | : | any mature animal (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | offspring, young, |
definition | : | any immature animal (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | giant, |
definition | : | any creature of exceptional size (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | survivor, |
definition | : | an animal that survives in spite of adversity (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mutant, |
definition | : | an animal that has undergone mutation (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | herbivore, |
definition | : | any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | insectivore, |
definition | : | any organism that feeds mainly on insects (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | acrodont, |
definition | : | an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | pleurodont, |
definition | : | an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | zooplankton, |
definition | : | animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, |
definition | : | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | chordate, |
definition | : | any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | invertebrate, |
definition | : | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | metazoan, |
definition | : | any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | omnivore, |
definition | : | an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | prey, quarry, |
definition | : | animal hunted or caught for food (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | game, |
definition | : | animal hunted for food or sport (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | hexapod, |
definition | : | an animal having six feet (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | biped, |
definition | : | an animal with two feet (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | larva, |
definition | : | the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | racer, |
definition | : | an animal that races (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | fictional animal, |
definition | : | animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | captive, |
definition | : | an animal that is confined (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | mate, |
definition | : | the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) (noun.person) |
part holonym | : | caput, head, |
definition | : | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | face, |
definition | : | the part of an animal corresponding to the human face (noun.body) |
substance holonym | : | animal tissue, |
definition | : | the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body) |
domain member category | : | ritual killing, sacrifice, |
definition | : | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | tracking, trailing, |
definition | : | the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | actinomycete, |
definition | : | any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales (noun.animal) |
domain member category | : | trap, |
definition | : | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned (noun.artifact) |
domain member category | : | humaneness, |
definition | : | the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) (noun.attribute) |
domain member category | : | side, |
definition | : | either the left or right half of a body (noun.body) |
domain member category | : | nose, |
definition | : | the sense of smell (especially in animals) (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | diet, |
definition | : | the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) (noun.food) |
domain member category | : | transmitter, vector, |
definition | : | any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (noun.object) |
domain member category | : | sitter, |
definition | : | an organism (person or animal) that sits (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | stander, |
definition | : | an organism (person or animal) that stands (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | wart, |
definition | : | any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) (noun.shape) |
domain member category | : | bone, debone, |
definition | : | remove the bones from (verb.change) |
domain member category | : | domesticate, tame, |
definition | : | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans (verb.change) |
domain member category | : | drench, |
definition | : | force to drink (verb.consumption) |
domain member category | : | crop, graze, pasture, |
definition | : | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | crested, topknotted, tufted, |
definition | : | (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | bone-covered, |
definition | : | (of animals) armored with bone (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | free-swimming, unattached, |
definition | : | (of animals) able to swim about; not attached (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | hispid, |
definition | : | (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | all-devouring, |
definition | : | (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | insectivorous, |
definition | : | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | epizootic, |
definition | : | (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | registered, |
definition | : | (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | unregistered, |
definition | : | (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | gregarious, |
definition | : | (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | social, |
definition | : | tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind (adj.all) |
2. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)
3. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility (adj.all)
similar | : | inhumane, |
definition | : | lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion (adj.all) |
4. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
derivation | : | create, make, |
definition | : | make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation) |
derivation | : | animalise, animalize, |
definition | : | represent in the form of an animal (verb.creation) |
5. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)
derivation | : | savage, |
definition | : | attack brutally and fiercely (verb.competition) |
6. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility (adj.all)
derivation | : | bestiality, |
definition | : | the stupid brutal quality of a beast (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | beastliness, meanness, |
definition | : | the quality of being deliberately mean (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | bestialise, bestialize, |
definition | : | make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to (verb.change) |
7. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)
derivation | : | create, make, |
definition | : | make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation) |
derivation | : | animalise, animalize, |
definition | : | represent in the form of an animal (verb.creation) |
8. a cruelly rapacious person (noun.person)
derivation | : | savage, |
definition | : | attack brutally and fiercely (verb.competition) |
9. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility (adj.all)
derivation | : | bestiality, |
definition | : | the stupid brutal quality of a beast (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | beastliness, meanness, |
definition | : | the quality of being deliberately mean (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | bestialise, bestialize, |
definition | : | make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to (verb.change) |
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