Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "animal" can be used as noun, adjective, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bird human human plants man mineral mineral vegetable person plant plants vegetable vegetable mineral

Typical Location

cafe detroit zoo every breathing thing north america outside park pet shop pet store wild woodland zoo

Capable Of

die in laboratory eating feel pain fight for life hear other voices hear own voice hunt for food leave home live live long move itself about note food run after prey scape trap sense fear in human sense presence step into trap work for human being

Coordinate Terms

human person vegetal

Dbpedia Genre

heavy metal music

Derived Terms

Animal Jammer Set animal Typhonian animal Typhonic animal advice animal ambassador animal animal African trypanosomiasis animal activist animal black animal cabinet animal charcoal animal coat animal companion animal control officer animal cracker animal dentistry animal dye animal experimentation animal fat animal feed animal flower animal food animal fries animal heat animal house animal husbandry animal kingdom animal liberation animal magnetism animal pole animal print animal product animal protein factor animal registry animal reminder disgust animal rights animal sanctuary animal science animal shelter animal spirits animal tester animal testing animal trypanosomiasis animal welfare animal welfarist animal-assisted therapy animal-like animalesque animalhood animalian animalicide animalish animalism animalist animalistic animalivore animalivorous animalize animalkind animally animally animalness animaloid animal–industrial complex anipal antianimal assistance animal balloon animal companimal companion animal compound animal draft animal draught animal eat like an animal emotional support animal exploding animal farm animal funny animal go the entire animal humanimal intensive animal farming interanimal intraanimal koranimal manimal microanimal moss animal multianimal nonanimal nonanimal pack animal party animal planimal plant-animal plush animal political animal power animal rare animal robo-animal scape-animal semianimal service animal small animal spirit animal stock animal stuffed animal superanimal therapy animal vegetoanimal wereanimal wheel animal wild animal working animal zoo animal

Desires

eat reproduce

Distinct From

bird bug human man mineral person plant plants specific vegetable

Has Part

meat

Context

ireland slang

Has Property

alive

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

being living thing organism

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

amphibian arachnid arthropod bird bug carnivore creepy-crawly crustacean female animal fish folivore fowl frugivore herbivore insect insectivore invertebrate livestock male animal mammal mollusc omnivore pet reptile vertebrate youngling

Type Of (IsA)

aerobic organism agent non artifactual animal or body part diplont embodied perceptual agent eukaryotic organism film heterotroph living creature living organism organism preditor single solid object

Made Of

cells molecules and atoms

Not Desires

attacked burned confined die drown feel hunger hurt learn how to dance live in fear pain starve suffering

Part Of

ecology ecosystem nature

Receives Action

known by many names locked up in cage

Related Terms

:Category:Animals Animalia Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals anima animalcule animalier animate animus

Related Terms

alive all beasts all creatures all mammals anima animalia animals animate animus any any creature anything anywhere bear beast beasts beat being bird birds blood blooded body breed cat cat dog category cats cell cell wall cells classification claws consciousness cow cow horse creature creature generic creatures critter cute cute sometimes deer dog dog cat dog pig dogs dogs cats ducks ducks swans everything everywhere eyes farms fauna feet fish forest form four four legged four legs fox fox bear fungi fur furry furry creature furs general general mammal general term generic generic critter generic dog generic mammal generic name generic term habitats heartbeat horse horse cow human in zoos insect kingdom legged legs life life form lion lion bear live living living being living creature living creatures living organism living thing living things major major kingdom mammal mammal bird mammal creature mammal general mammals mammals birds many species matter mineral mineral vegetable mobile mouse mouse deer movement movement sentience multicellular name nature nature kingdom nervous nervous system non scientific not organism pet pig plant plants plants and play rabbit related related to scientific sentience sexual reproduction sometimes soul species spirit squirrel swans system term thing type vegetable vegetable mineral vertebrate very very generic warm warm blooded wild work work play you zoo zoos

Similar Terms

physical

Synonym Network

animalistic beast beastly brute creature fleshly

Used For

beastiality carrying cargo companionship conduct experiment cuddly pet food fur keep company killing for food make fur coat make leather pet petting provide companionship providing fur coats race visiting in zoo

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.