Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: voodoo
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: living dead
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A dead person, reanimated through some fictional agency as a fungus, virus, or the like, that has an insatiable desire to eat living humans, typically depicted as aggressive, fast moving, and infectious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: horror
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Synonyms: deadhead, walker, walking dead, zed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An apathetic or slow-witted person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Someone or something that should be dead but is not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: intellectual prostitute
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A process or task which has terminated but has not been removed from the list of processes, typically because it has an unresponsive parent process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, derogatory, historical
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Marijuana, or similar drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, slang
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Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea, Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: p-zombie, philosophical zombie
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person whose senses and faculties are severely dulled by drug use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A person with a big appetite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, slang
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noun
several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: zombi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: highball
noun
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: automaton, zombi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anomaly, unusual person
noun
a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: zombi, living dead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
noun
a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: zombi, snake god
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deity, divinity, god, immortal
noun
(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spirit, disembodied spirit
History
First attested in the 18th century. Partially through Louisiana Creole zombi (“zombie; ghost”), Haitian Creole zonbi (“zombie”), and French zombi (“zombie”). Ultimately from a Bantu language. Compare Kongo nzambi (“god”), zumbi (“fetish”), and Kimbundu nzumbi (“ghost”) (see Portuguese zumbi, Sranan Tongo dyumbi), and Caribbean folklore's jumbie (“a spirit or demon”).
Across languages
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
