Antonyms for invertebrate

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt

Definition of invertebrate

Origin : 1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.

As in ineffective/ineffectual : adj weak, useless
As in spineless : adj cowardly
As in inefficacious : adj ineffectual
As in weakling : noun person who has no strength
As in weak sister : noun weak member of group
As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
As in animal : noun animate being; mammal

Example sentences :

I can see you are accustomed to invertebrate admirers who spoil you.
Extract from : « The Twelfth Hour » by Ada Leverson

We are invertebrate, and on the evil day we are not able to stand.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

After all, was the fellow quite so invertebrate as he had sometimes seemed?
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

First invertebrate life, then the lowest forms of vertebrate life.
Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen

It avoids the invertebrate flow of thought that is unaware of structure.
Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl

Bipin sank an invertebrate bundle of humanity to the ground.
Extract from : « Lachmi Bai Rani of Jhansi » by Michael White

They are gone, and we are left—an unprejudiced, but an invertebrate and a flaccid, generation.
Extract from : « Seeing and Hearing » by George W. E. Russell

Let us now inquire what the invertebrate fauna of the Alps teaches us.
Extract from : « The History of the European Fauna » by R. F. Scharff

The mouth in the vertebrates does not agree in character with the invertebrate mouth.
Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot

Bebelle, round as a tortoise, belonged to the genus of invertebrate females.
Extract from : « Sons of the Soil » by Honore de Balzac

Synonyms for invertebrate

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