ZOMBIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zombie mean? 

• ZOMBIE (noun)
  The noun ZOMBIE has 5 senses:

1. a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

2. (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body

3. a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

4. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

5. several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

  Familiarity information: ZOMBIE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOMBIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

living dead; zombi; zombie

Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):

dead person; dead soul; deceased; deceased person; decedent; departed (someone who is no longer alive)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

snake god; zombi; zombie

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 4

Meaning:

Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

automaton; zombi; zombie

Context example:

only an automaton wouldn't have noticed

Hypernyms ("zombie" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

zombi; zombie

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)

 Context examples 

The findings inspired comparisons by the research team and the press to zombies from The Walking Dead, especially since the behavior was more pronounced when the animals were hungry.

(Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice, Wikinews)