Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun animal

1 sense of animal

Sense 1
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Antonyms of adj animal

1 sense of animal

Sense 1
animal (prenominal), carnal, fleshly, sensual -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA physical) -> mental -- (involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects")

Similarity of adj animal

1 sense of animal

Sense 1
animal (prenominal), carnal, fleshly, sensual -- (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")
       => physical (vs. mental) -- (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance")