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zombie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zombie has 5 senses
- zombie(n = noun.person) living dead, zombi - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force; Array is a kind of dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed
- zombie(n = noun.person) zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body; Array is a kind of disembodied spirit, spirit
- zombie(n = noun.person) snake god, zombi - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies; Array is a kind of deity, divinity, god, immortal
- zombie(n = noun.person) automaton, zombi - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" is a kind of anomaly, unusual person
- zombie(n = noun.food) zombi - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur; Array is a kind of highball
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zombie, n.
1 colloq. a dull or apathetic person.
2 a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft.
1 colloq. a dull or apathetic person.
2 a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft.
Etymology
W.Afr. zumbi fetish
THESAURUS
zombie
Masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, banshee, boob, case, character, chump, clod, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, dolt, duck, dullard, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, form, ghost, goon, grateful dead, guide, hant, haunt, idolum, immateriality, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva, lemures, manes, materialization, moron, nitwit, oaf, oddball, oddity, oni, original, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, poltergeist, presence, quiz, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite, theophany, unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul, wraith
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