Reptilian is an English word with synonyms like class or reptile. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Reptilian meaning
- Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).
- Reptilelike.
- Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
Synonyms of Reptilian
Using Reptilian
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles). | Reptilelike. | Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
- Useful related words include: class, reptile, vertebrate, craniate.
- In the example corpus, reptilian often appears in combinations such as: the reptilian, of reptilian, reptilian creatures.
Context around Reptilian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reptilian
- In this selection, "reptilian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shifting, green, interdimensional, friends, human and bloodline stand out and add context to how "reptilian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amphibian and reptilian passion led and brain the reptilian the mammalian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reptilian" sits close to words such as abenaki, adria and afn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reptilian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The green reptilian looking guy has nothing on me. (9 words)
The Chupacabra is a small creature of reptilian or amphibious nature. (11 words)
Well, the Bavarian Illuminati controlled by the Reptilians will do anything for their Reptilian overlords. (15 words)
Nevertheless, I was struck in the reptile pet shops by the prevalence and prominence of tattoos and piercings among the customers, who came in for their large blocks of frozen rats to feed their reptilian friends, presumably after defrosting. (39 words)
Hounslow Urban Farm also has a penchant for the exotic: cattle and chickens share the farm with reptilian friends, including a boa constrictor, bearded dragons and a blue-tongued skink – yes, that’s a real thing. (36 words)
And this chorus might have sounded exactly the same if this time it had spoken not of the importance of the nation-state, but of the threat of a secret domination of the reptilian world. (35 words)
With the spotlight on Erie, why not give the lake’s reptilian visitor a name, or nickname? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
He believes that shape-shifting reptilian-human hybrids known as the Babylonian Brotherhood have been manipulating global events and, in 2003, suggested that this reptilian bloodline included all American presidents and the royal family.
And Lane chewing up ham and spitting it in the faces of reptilian puppets is an oddity that cannot be unseen.
And this chorus might have sounded exactly the same if this time it had spoken not of the importance of the nation-state, but of the threat of a secret domination of the reptilian world.
First, it will select a sizable city to launch a crisis, though not a reptilian one – perhaps, a computer virus outbreak, to capture public attention.
Two years later, though, that perhaps the reptilian display was one — perhaps the only — design experiment at the market that was a trifle too exotic.
The green reptilian looking guy has nothing on me.
We know about the three levels of the brain; the reptilian, the mammalian brain, and the prefrontal cortex, the human brain.
With the spotlight on Erie, why not give the lake’s reptilian visitor a name, or nickname?
Artist on ArtStation created this epic and realistic piece featuring Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur, very much in the fashion of the reptilian creatures they're based on.
Icke, a former soccer star and commentator, believes the world is secretly dominated by a race of interdimensional reptilian beings called the Annunaki.
This amphibian and reptilian passion led him to Indonesia and Nepal, before taking him to Durban where his research has continued.
All of a sudden we begin to see things taking shape here — two reptilian eyes, staring at you as you observe the stage.
Nevertheless, I was struck in the reptile pet shops by the prevalence and prominence of tattoos and piercings among the customers, who came in for their large blocks of frozen rats to feed their reptilian friends, presumably after defrosting.
After comparing these skeletons with those of other reptilian relatives of captorhinids, the researchers concluded that the ability to detach tails was limited to this family of reptiles in the Permian period.
Hounslow Urban Farm also has a penchant for the exotic: cattle and chickens share the farm with reptilian friends, including a boa constrictor, bearded dragons and a blue-tongued skink – yes, that’s a real thing.
The Chupacabra is a small creature of reptilian or amphibious nature.
The various aspects of the game became ingrained in my mind, seeping into that reptilian section of my brain.
This is a wide range of ideas, as there were points when Dryden was reptilian and then furry.
Well, the Bavarian Illuminati controlled by the Reptilians will do anything for their Reptilian overlords.
According to these scientists "reptilian oral secretions contribute to many biological roles other than to quickly dispatch prey".
Common combinations with reptilian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the reptilian 6×
- of reptilian 4×
- reptilian creatures 2×
- their reptilian 2×
- reptilian friends 2×
- as reptilian 2×
- reptilian with 2×