Synonyms for exanimate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : eg-zan-uh-mit, -meyt, ek-san- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛgˈzæn ə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt, ɛkˈsæn- |
Top 10 synonyms for exanimate Other synonyms for the word exanimate
- abolished
- archaic
- asleep
- azoic
- bit the dust
- brute
- bygone
- cold
- dead
- dead and gone
- deceased
- defunct
- departed
- desert
- disappeared
- done for
- doused
- down the drain
- dull
- empty
- ended
- erstwhile
- ex-
- exanimate
- expired
- exterminated
- extinct
- extinguished
- faint
- fallen
- finished
- former
- gave up the ghost
- gone
- had it
- idle
- inactive
- inanimate
- inert
- inoperative
- inorganic
- insensate
- insensible
- insentient
- invalid
- kaput
- kicked the bucket
- late
- lifeless
- lost
- mineral
- motionless
- no longer known
- nonanimal
- nonvegetable
- onetime
- out
- out cold
- out of commission
- outmoded
- passé
- passed on
- preceding
- pushing up daisies
- quiescent
- quondam
- snuffed out
- soulless
- spiritless
- sterile
- superseded
- terminated
- unconscious
- uninhabited
- unknown
- vanished
- vanquished
- void
- waste
Définition of exanimate
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin exanimatus "lifeless, dead," past participle of exanimare "to deprive of air or breath; tire, fatigue; to deprive of life; to terrify," from ex- (see ex-) + animare (see animate).
- As in inanimate : adj not alive, not organic
- As in late : adj dead
- As in lifeless : adj not living, not containing living things
- As in insentient : adj inanimate
- As in deceased : adj dead
- As in defunct : adj extinct, not functioning
- As in extinct : adj dead, obsolete
- So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 » by Various
- Had it been downright misery she would have looked about her with less of her exanimate glassiness.
- Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
- Thou shalt, when exanimate, be that which thou wert before thou wast animate.
- Extract from : « The City of God, Volume II » by Aurelius Augustine
- The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.
- Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
Antonyms for exanimate
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