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

1 sense of invertebrate

Sense 1
invertebrate -- (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)
       => animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Antonyms of adj invertebrate

1 sense of invertebrate

Sense 1
invertebrate (vs. vertebrate), spineless -- (lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals")

vertebrate (vs. invertebrate) -- (having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals")

Similarity of adj invertebrate

1 sense of invertebrate

Sense 1
invertebrate (vs. vertebrate), spineless -- (lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals")