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 inanimate, insensible, insentient, senseless, unfeeling

Related Words exanimate, lifeless; comatose, unconscious

Near Antonyms aware, cognizant, conscious; animated, lively, vibrant

Antonyms animate, feeling, sensate, sensible, sensitive, sentient

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