Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, fauna, brute, creature
Definition: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Similar words: organism, being
Definition: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Synonyms: beast, savage, brute, wildcat, wolf
Definition: a cruelly rapacious person
Synonyms: beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish
Definition: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Usage: beastly desires; a bestial nature; brute force; a dull and brutish man; bestial treatment of prisoners
Similar words: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used