inanimate meaning and definition

INANIMATE adjective

Definition of inanimate (adjective)

1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
   • "the word `car' is inanimate"
   • antonym: animate
2. not endowed with life
   • "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"
   • synonyms: nonliving, non-living
   • antonym: animate
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
   • "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
   • synonyms: breathless, pulseless