variants
or less commonly zombi
1
a
: a will-less and speechless human (as in voodoo belief and in fictional stories) held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated
b
: the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body
2
a
: a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead
especially
: automaton
b
: a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior
3
: a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice
zombielike
adjective
or zombie-like
… a morning rush of zombielike office workers, all starved for caffeine and clamoring for cappuccino.
—
Bob Filipczak
Bob Filipczak
zomboid
adjective
This is a poetry eerily populated with ghosts and mummies and zomboid creatures who go on living though dead from love.
—Patrick McGarth
Patrick McGarth
Examples of zombie in a Sentence
If I don't go to bed early I'll be a zombie tomorrow.
His students usually sat there in the classroom like zombies.
Recent Examples on the Web
The future sitcom star plays Steve, an initial survivor of the zombie apocalypse.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
His zombie flick Train to Busan captivated the world in 2016 and launched a film series.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
With the 28 Days Later franchise resuming after nearly two decades, Ralph Fiennes is preparing fans to return to the zombie apocalypse.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
The effect might also explain why my husband and I choose to relax by watching zombie shows after a busy day at work.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for zombie 
James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
His zombie flick Train to Busan captivated the world in 2016 and launched a film series.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
With the 28 Days Later franchise resuming after nearly two decades, Ralph Fiennes is preparing fans to return to the zombie apocalypse.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
The effect might also explain why my husband and I choose to relax by watching zombie shows after a busy day at work.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for zombie
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“Zombie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zombie. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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zombie
noun
zom·bie
variants
also zombi
: a person who is believed to have died and been brought back to life without speech or free will
Etymology
Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin
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