| ADJECTIVE | all | inanimate | belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things |
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| all | inanimate, nonliving, non-living | not endowed with life | |
| all | inanimate, breathless, pulseless | appearing dead |
| Sounds | ihnae'nahmaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things. | |
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| Example | "the word 'car' is inanimate" | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Opposite | animate | Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings |
| Spanish | inanimado | |
| Catalan | inanimat | |
| Meaning | not endowed with life. | |
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| Synonyms | nonliving, non-living | |
| Attribute of | animateness, aliveness, liveness | The property of being animated |
| Narrower | nonconscious | relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things |
| Opposite | animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life |
| Spanish | inanimado | |
| Catalan | inanimat | |
| Nouns | inanimateness | not having life |
| Meaning | Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse. | |
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| Example | "an inanimate body" | |
| Synonyms | breathless, pulseless | |
| Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
| Spanish | inanimado | |
| Nouns | inanimateness | not having life |
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