Synonyms for invertebrate
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for invertebrate Other synonyms for the word invertebrate
- abortive
- amoebalike
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- chicken
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- coward
- craven
- cream puff
- critter
- crybaby
- cur
- dastard
- defeasible
- deserter
- dotard
- faint-hearted
- faint-of-heart
- faintheart
- fearful
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fraidy-cat
- frightened
- fruitless
- funk
- futile
- gutless
- gutless wonder
- hothouse plant
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- irresolute
- jellyfish
- lame
- lily liver
- lily-livered
- limited
- living thing
- malingerer
- meek soul
- misfit
- mouse
- mutt
- nerveless
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- pessimist
- pithless
- poltroon
- powerless
- pushover
- quitter
- rabbit
- recreant
- scaredy cat
- shirk
- shirker
- skulker
- sneak
- soft
- softy
- spineless
- spiritless
- squeamish
- stray
- submissive
- timid
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- useless
- vacillating
- vain
- varmint
- vertebrate
- void
- weak
- weak soul
- weak-kneed
- weak-willed
- weakling
- white liver
- wild thing
- withered
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow belly
- yellow-bellied
Définition of invertebrate
Origin :- 1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.
- As in ineffective/ineffectual : adj weak, useless
- As in spineless : adj cowardly
- As in inefficacious : adj ineffectual
- As in weakling : noun person who has no strength
- As in weak sister : noun weak member of group
- As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
- As in animal : noun animate being; mammal
- I can see you are accustomed to invertebrate admirers who spoil you.
- Extract from : « The Twelfth Hour » by Ada Leverson
- We are invertebrate, and on the evil day we are not able to stand.
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- After all, was the fellow quite so invertebrate as he had sometimes seemed?
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- First invertebrate life, then the lowest forms of vertebrate life.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- It avoids the invertebrate flow of thought that is unaware of structure.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- Bipin sank an invertebrate bundle of humanity to the ground.
- Extract from : « Lachmi Bai Rani of Jhansi » by Michael White
- They are gone, and we are left—an unprejudiced, but an invertebrate and a flaccid, generation.
- Extract from : « Seeing and Hearing » by George W. E. Russell
- Let us now inquire what the invertebrate fauna of the Alps teaches us.
- Extract from : « The History of the European Fauna » by R. F. Scharff
- The mouth in the vertebrates does not agree in character with the invertebrate mouth.
- Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
- Bebelle, round as a tortoise, belonged to the genus of invertebrate females.
- Extract from : « Sons of the Soil » by Honore de Balzac
Antonyms for invertebrate
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