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

5 senses of zombie

Sense 1
zombi, zombie, living dead -- (a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force)
       => dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed -- (someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done")

Sense 2
zombi, zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit -- ((voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body)
       => spirit, disembodied spirit -- (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)

Sense 3
zombi, zombie, snake god -- (a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies)
       => deity, divinity, god, immortal -- (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Sense 4
automaton, zombi, zombie -- (someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed")
       => anomaly, unusual person -- (a person who is unusual)

Sense 5
zombie, zombi -- (several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur)
       => highball -- (a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass)