Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animal-like

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.80 in modern English

Syllables
an-i-mal--like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an animal.

Etymology

Etymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English animal-like From animal + -like.

Inflected Forms

more animal-like (comparative) most animal-like (superlative) animallike (alternative)

Synonyms

animalesque animalish animalian animalistic animal-like beastly bestial brutish

Questions

What does animal-like mean?
Resembling an animal.
Where does animal-like come from?
Etymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English animal-like From animal + -like.

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