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

1 sense of edentate

Sense 1
edentate -- (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)
       => placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal -- (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Antonyms of adj edentate

1 sense of edentate

Sense 1
edental, edentate, edentulate -- (having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals")

INDIRECT (VIA toothless) -> toothed -- (having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination; "saw-toothed")

Similarity of adj edentate

1 sense of edentate

Sense 1
edental, edentate, edentulate -- (having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals")
       => toothless (vs. toothed) -- (lacking teeth; "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone")