The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - animaln.

1) creature, being, mammal, organism: Scientists are unlikely to employ the popular division of all things into animal, vegetable, or mineral. 2) beast, brute, savage, monster: Think of the poor girl married to that animal! --adj. 3) zoological, zooid, animalistic: The sponge is a member of the animal kingdom. 4) physical, fleshly, sensual, gross, coarse, unrefined, uncultured, uncultivated, rude, carnal, crude, bestial, beastlike, subhuman: His animal appetites occasionally got the better of him.