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Definitions for Brute

[1] a nonhuman creature; beast.
[2] a brutal, insensitive, or crude person.
[3] the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us.
[4] animal; not human.
[5] not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational.
[6] characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality.
[7] savage; cruel: brute force.
[8] carnal; sensual.
[9] to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
[10] and thou, Brutus!: alleged dying words of Julius Caesar uttered as his friend Brutus stabbed him.
[11] any animal except man; beast; lower animal (as modifier ) brute nature
[12] a brutal person
[13] wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force )
[14] without reason or intelligence
[15] coarse and grossly sensual

Words related to Brute

beast, lout, critter, animal, ogre, savage, ruffian, devil, monster, cannibal, swine, degenerate, fiend, creature, sadist, beastly, bestial, bodily, carnal, feral

Words nearby Brute

brut, brutal, brutalism, brutality, brutalize, brute, brute force, brute-force attack, brutify, brutish, brutus

Origin of Brute

2back formation from bruting a rough hewing (of a diamond), partial translation of French brutage literally, a roughing, equivalent to brut rough, raw (see brute1) + -age -age

Other words from Brute

brute·like , adjective
brute·ly , adverb
brute·ness , noun

Word origin for Brute

C15: from Latin brūtus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy

Synonyms for Brute

animal, beastly, bestial, bodily, carnal, feral, ferine, fleshly, instinctive, mindless, physical, senseless, swinish, unthinking