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exanimate

[eg-zan-uh-mit, -meyt, ek-san-] / ɛgˈzæn ə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt, ɛkˈsæn- /
ADJECTIVE
deceased
Synonyms
STRONGEST
departed
STRONG
cold expired finished former gone lost
WEAK
asleep bit the dust defunct extinct gave up the ghost inanimate kicked the bucket late lifeless passed on pushing up daisies
Antonyms
STRONG
current existing present
WEAK
alive born lively living
ADJECTIVE
defunct
Synonyms
STRONGEST
nonexistent obsolete vanished
WEAK
asleep bygone cold dead deceased departed done for down the drain expired gone had it inanimate inoperative invalid kaput late lifeless lost out of commission
Antonyms
WEAK
alive existent existing functioning live operating operative valid working
ADJECTIVE
extinct
Synonyms
WEAK
abolished archaic asleep bygone cold dead and gone deceased defunct departed disappeared done for doused ended exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out
Antonyms
WEAK
alive existing extant living
ADJECTIVE
inanimate
Synonyms
WEAK
azoic cold dead defunct dull extinct idle inactive inert inoperative insensate insentient lifeless mineral motionless nonanimal nonvegetable quiescent soulless spiritless
Antonyms
WEAK
animate living
ADJECTIVE
insentient
Synonyms
STRONG
insensate
WEAK
azoic cold dead defunct dull extinct idle inactive inert inoperative lifeless mineral motionless nonanimal nonvegetable quiescent soulless spiritless
ADJECTIVE
late
Synonyms
STRONGEST
old once past previous sometime
WEAK
asleep bygone cold deceased defunct departed erstwhile ex- extinct former inanimate lifeless onetime preceding quondam
Antonyms
STRONGEST
current future present
WEAK
antique early live old-fashioned on time prompt punctual
ADJECTIVE
lifeless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bare barren comatose inert uninhabited
WEAK
asleep brute cold dead deceased defunct departed desert empty extinct faint inanimate inorganic insensate insensible late out cold sterile unconscious waste
Antonyms
STRONGEST
full
WEAK
alive animate energetic lively living spirited

Example Sentences

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Silence on the bier, While I call God—call God!—so let thy mouth Be heir to those who are now exanimate.

From Sonnets from the Portuguese by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 by Various

At her side the girl gazed curiously at the exanimate form.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

It looked exanimate enough, with its idle wheel looming above the black stream dashed with yellow-white spume, and its cluster of sheds sagging under their white load.

From Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.