inanimate

Speech parts

1. inanimate - Noun

2. inanimate - Adjective

3. inanimate - Verb

4. inanimate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To animate.

Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lifeless dead inert inactive dull immobile motionless breathless soulless insensate spiritless non-living nonliving insentient still
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Antonyms

animate joker jasper roebuck singleton corse
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Phrases with the word

inanimate thing inanimate object inanimate being

Anagrams

amanitine Mantineia maintaine

Examples

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. William Dean Howells

A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie in the heart of man, and the cure for these is a firm hope, informed and fortified by thought. Bertrand Russell

Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them. Cassandra Clare

Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole. Edith Stein

Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material. Michael Behe

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker

Close letter words and terms

inaniloquent inaniloquous inanimacy inanimate being inanimate object inanimate thing