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ZOMBIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
Synonyms:
zombi; zombie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):
highball (a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass)
Meronyms (substance of "zombie"):
rum (liquor distilled from fermented molasses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
Example:
only an automaton wouldn't have noticed
Synonyms:
automaton; zombi; zombie
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Synonyms:
living dead; zombi; zombie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):
dead person; dead soul; deceased; deceased person; decedent; departed (someone who is no longer alive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
Synonyms:
snake god; zombi; zombie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
Synonyms:
zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
Domain category:
hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)
