brute meaning

UK /bruːt/ US /brut/ 1 syllable

brute (noun): a cruelly rapacious person.

brute has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and adjective.

brute as a noun

  1. a cruelly rapacious person

    Synonyms: beast, wolf, savage, wildcat

    Type of: attacker

  2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

    Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

    Type of: organism

    Kinds: pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal

brute as an adjective

  1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
    • beastly desires
    • a bestial nature
    • brute force
    • a dull and brutish man
    • bestial treatment of prisoners

    Synonyms: beastly, bestial, brutish, brutal

    Similar: inhumane

How to pronounce brute

brute is pronounced /bruːt/ in British English and /brut/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with brute

Word lists: words starting with BR · words ending in TE · 5-letter words

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