FERALS Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

ferals

noun

plural of feral

as in animals

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invertebrates

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Noun

Historically, such spaces were often features of religious buildings around the world including monasteries and convents, keeping animals out and fresh water, herbs, vegetables, and flowers safely inside.

— Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
Autofocus has been upgraded too, and subject detection now recognizes birds as well as people and animals.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of animals

Noun

Oakley favors natural lighting and minimal makeup, lacing the film with shots of critters and insects going about their business.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Fall is here, which means that outdoor critters will inevitably try to find their way into our homes.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of critters

Noun

Other witnesses reported smaller, hairy creatures, a prehistoric-looking bird and a worm allegedly measuring 8 feet long.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
But the most important thing to understand about farm animal transportation is that these creatures are not handled like passengers, the way you or I would be treated on a long-distance trip.

— Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of creatures

Noun

Greg and Denise are having some marital issues, but everybody needs to put other concerns aside to stay alive with nasty raptors and other hungry beasties around.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
And when that happens, astronomers will set about studying these new beasties with other eyes on the sky to learn more about them and hopefully understand them.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of beasties

Noun

Five mammal groups – primates, carnivores, whales, elephants and rhinos – received 86% of available funding, despite accounting for only one-third of threatened mammal projects.

— David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
There is always a vegetarian option, but this really is a place for ardent carnivores, who are encouraged each evening to watch as Patagonian lambs (or other regional produce) are cooked over an open fire in a smoky room by the kitchen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of carnivores

Noun

Transposable elements are linked to the evolution of animal eyes as well as the adaptive immune system in jawed vertebrates.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
There were no cosmonauts aboard, but there were several smaller vertebrates — including the first two tortoises to ever go to space!

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of vertebrates

Noun

These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.

— Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of brutes

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