'zombie' definitions:
Definition of 'zombie'
(from WordNet)
noun
A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force [syn: zombi, zombie, living dead]
noun
(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body [syn: zombi, zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit]
noun
A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies [syn: zombi, zombie, snake god]
noun
Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: automaton, zombi, zombie]
noun
Several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur [syn: zombie, zombi]
Synonyms of 'zombie'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparition,
- appearance,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- banshee,
- boob,
- case,
- character,
- chump,
- clod,
- control,
- departed spirit,
- disembodied spirit,
- dolt,
- duck,
- dullard,
- duppy,
- dybbuk,
- eidolon,
- form,
- ghost,
- goon,
- grateful dead,
- guide,
- hant,
- haunt,
- idolum,
- immateriality,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- larva,
- lemures,
- manes,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- moron,
- nitwit,
- oaf,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- oni,
- original,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantom,
- poltergeist,
- presence,
- quiz,
- revenant,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- shrouded spirit,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spook,
- sprite,
- theophany,
- unsubstantiality,
- vision,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- wraith