| Main Entry: | inorganic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not organic |
Synonyms: |
dead, extinct, inanimate, lifeless, manmade, mineral, not living, not natural |
| Notes: | if a compound contains carbon, it is organic; no carbon indicates inorganic |
Antonyms: |
organic |
| Main Entry: | lifeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not living, not containing living things |
Synonyms: |
asleep, bare, barren, brute, cold, comatose, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, desert, empty, exanimate, extinct, faint, inanimate, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, late, out cold, sterile, unconscious, uninhabited, waste |
Antonyms: |
alive, animate, living |