visceral

The word “visceral” has 3 syllables: vis-cer-al

It's pronounced as /ˈvɪsərəl/


What is synonym and antonym for visceral?

In the thesaurus, “visceral” has 49 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for visceral along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for visceral

  • ad-lib
  • automatic
  • blind
  • bred-in-the-bone
  • conditioned
  • deep
  • deep-rooted
  • deep-seated
  • entrenched
  • extemporaneous
  • extempore
  • impromptu
  • improvised
  • inadvertent
  • instinctive
  • instinctual
  • intrenched
  • involuntary
  • knee-jerk
  • mechanic
  • mechanical
  • natural
  • off-the-cuff
  • offhand
  • offhanded
  • pavlovian
  • reactive
  • reflex
  • robotic
  • rooted
  • simple
  • snap
  • spontaneous
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • subliminal
  • unconscious
  • unconsidered
  • unforced
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unprompted
  • unreasoned
  • unrehearsed
  • unstudied
  • unwilling
  • unwitting

Antonyms for visceral

  • advised
  • aforethought
  • calculated
  • careful
  • conscious
  • considered
  • cultivated
  • deliberate
  • designed
  • foresighted
  • forethoughtful
  • intended
  • intentional
  • measured
  • meticulous
  • predetermined
  • prepared
  • projected
  • reasoned
  • refined
  • rehearsed
  • studied
  • thoughtful
  • volitional
  • voluntary
  • wilful
  • willed
  • willful

Meanings of visceral

  • adjective
    1. Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.
    2. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
    3. Having deep sensibility.

Example Sentences

  • She had a visceral reaction of fear when she heard the sudden noise.
  • His speech evoked a visceral sense of anger among the audience.
  • The movie’s visceral imagery left a lasting impression on viewers.
  • There was a visceral thrill in standing at the edge of the cliff.
  • Her visceral instincts told her something was terribly wrong.

On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to visceral, such as: ad-lib, advised, aforethought, automatic, blind, bred-in-the-bone, calculated.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

reactive

  • abrupt
  • acknowledging
  • active
  • acute
  • ad-lib
  • alive
  • answering
  • automatic
  • awake
  • aware
  • bleeding-heart
  • blind
  • bred-in-the-bone
  • casual
  • chance
  • chancy
  • cognizant
  • compassionate
  • conditioned
  • conscious
  • deep
  • deep-rooted
  • deep-seated
  • delicate
  • easily affected
  • emotionable
  • emotional
  • entrenched
  • extemporaneous
  • extempore
  • feeling
  • fine
  • forthcoming
  • haphazard
  • hasty
  • high-strung
  • hit-or-miss
  • hung up
  • hypersensitive
  • impetuous
  • impressible
  • impressionable
  • impromptu
  • improvised
  • impulsive
  • inadvertent
  • influenceable
  • instinctive
  • instinctual
  • intrenched
  • involuntary
  • irrepressible
  • irritable
  • keen
  • kindhearted
  • knee-jerk
  • knowing
  • mechanic
  • mechanical
  • mindless
  • natural
  • nervous
  • off-the-cuff
  • offhand
  • offhanded
  • open
  • oversensitive
  • passionate
  • pavlovian
  • perceiving
  • perceptive
  • persuadable
  • precarious
  • precise
  • psychic
  • quick
  • random
  • rash
  • ready
  • receptive
  • reflex
  • replying
  • respondent
  • responsive
  • robotic
  • rooted
  • seeing
  • sensatory
  • sensible
  • sensile
  • sensitive
  • sensorial
  • sensory
  • sentient
  • sharp
  • simple
  • snap
  • softhearted
  • spontaneous
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • subliminal
  • sudden
  • supersensitive
  • susceptible
  • susceptive
  • sympathetic
  • tender
  • tense
  • ticklish
  • touchy
  • touchy feely
  • tricky
  • tuned-in
  • turned on to
  • umbrageous
  • unconscious
  • unconsidered
  • uncontrollable
  • understanding
  • unforced
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unprompted
  • unreasoned
  • unrehearsed
  • unstable
  • unstudied
  • unthinking
  • unwilling
  • unwitting
  • visceral
  • warm
  • warmhearted
  • wired

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