inanimate
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
the word `car' is inanimate
Related & opposite
- animate antonym
- linguistics domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
not endowed with life
the inorganic world is inanimate
Related & opposite
- animate antonym
- animateness attribute
- inanimateness derivation
- nonconscious similar to
Sense 3 adjective
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
an inanimate body
Related & opposite
- inanimateness derivation
- SOB derivation
- dead similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | animate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | animate |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | animateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonconscious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | SOB |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |