Inanimate

//ɪnˈænɪmət//

Synonyms for "inanimate" (160 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (48)

Related words (80)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

4 entries

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

3 entries

has context

2 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

68 translations across 30 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἄψυχος adj (not mobile)
  • ἄψυχος adj (not alive)

Arabic

1 entries
  • جَامِد adj (not mobile)

Armenian

2 entries
  • անշունչ adj (not alive)
  • անշունչ adj (in grammar)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бязду́шны adj (not alive)
  • неадушаўлёны adj (in grammar)
  • нежывы́ adj (not alive)
  • нежывы́ adj (in grammar)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • безду́шен adj (not alive)
  • безжи́знен adj (not alive)
  • неодушеве́н adj (in grammar)
  • неподви́жен adj (not mobile)

Catalan

2 entries
  • inanimat adj (not mobile)
  • inanimat adj (not alive)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 無生命 /无生命 adj (not alive)
  • 無生的 /无生的 adj (in grammar)

Czech

1 entries
  • neživotný adj (in grammar)

Dutch

2 entries
  • levenloos adj (not alive)
  • onbezield adj (in grammar)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • senviva adj (not alive)

Finnish

4 entries
  • eloton adj (not alive)
  • eloton adj (in grammar)
  • liikkumaton adj (not mobile)
  • liikkumiskyvytön adj (not mobile)

French

1 entries
  • inanimé adj (in grammar)

Galician

3 entries
  • inanimado adj (not mobile)
  • inanimado adj (not alive)
  • inanimado adj (in grammar)

German

4 entries
  • bewegungslos adj (not mobile)
  • leblos adj (not alive)
  • unbelebt adj (in grammar)
  • unbewegbar adj (not mobile)

Greek

1 entries
  • άψυχος adj (not alive)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निर्जीव adj (not alive)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • élettelen adj (not mobile)
  • élettelen adj (not alive)
  • élettelen adj (in grammar)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 無生の adj (in grammar)

Latin

1 entries
  • inanimus adj (not alive)

Manx

1 entries
  • neuannymagh adj (not mobile)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • амьгүй adj (in grammar)
  • ᠠᠮᠢ ᠦᠭᠡᠶ adj (in grammar)

Old English

2 entries
  • līflēas adj (not alive)
  • unstyriende adj (not mobile)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بې سا adj (not alive)
  • بې سا adj (in grammar)

Polish

1 entries
  • nieżywotny adj (in grammar)

Romanian

2 entries
  • inanimat adj (not alive)
  • neanimat adj (not alive)

Russian

4 entries
  • безду́шный adj (not alive)
  • безжи́зненный adj (not alive)
  • неживо́й adj (not alive)
  • неживо́й adj (in grammar)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inanimado adj (not mobile)
  • inanimado adj (not alive)

Swedish

2 entries
  • livlös adj (in grammar)
  • obesjälad adj (in grammar)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cansız adj (not alive)
  • cansız adj (in grammar)
  • hareket edemeyen adj (not mobile)
  • ölü adj (not alive)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • безду́шний adj (not alive)
  • неживи́й adj (not alive)
  • неживи́й adj (in grammar)
  • неісто́та adj (in grammar)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

All of his friends were body pillows, and all of hers were dolls; so they bonded over their fondness for animating the inanimate. However, because they were not inanimate objects but people with complex emotions, their relationship was sometimes strained.

Source: tatoeba (697804)

Every part of science, whether connected with the geometry of the universe, with the systems of animal and vegetable life, or with the properties of inanimate matter, is a text as well for devotion as for philosophy.

Source: tatoeba (1529849)

Stop threatening inanimate objects, they can't hear you.

Source: tatoeba (1562057)

The spirits can be good or evil and can inhabit inanimate objects.

Source: tatoeba (11833192)

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