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inanimate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of inanimate

lacking animate awareness or sensation

"pathetic fallacy" is the literary term for the ascription of human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements

Synonyms of inanimate

insensate, insensible, insentient, senseless, unfeeling

Words Related to inanimate

exanimate, lifeless

comatose, unconscious

Near Antonyms of inanimate

aware, cognizant, conscious

animated, lively, vibrant

Antonyms of inanimate

animate, feeling, sensate, sensible, sensitive, sentient

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