Dictionary Definition
reptilian adj : of or relating to the class
Reptilia n : any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia
including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles
and extinct forms [syn: reptile]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
reptilian- Reptile-like.
- Of or referring to reptiles.
- Having the characteristics of a reptile.
- Treacherous.
Extensive Definition
Reptilian may refer to:
- Reptiles and their qualities
- Reptilian humanoids, known primarily from conspiracy theories, the alien abduction phenomenon, fiction and mythology
- Reptilian (film), the American title for the 1999 South Korean kaiju film remake of Yonggary (1967)
- "Reptilian" (song), a remix of the song "Reptile" by Nine Inch Nails
- "Reptilia", by The Strokes
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abject,
abominable, alligator, amphibian, anguine, arrant, atrocious, base, batrachian, beggarly, cheesy, colubriform, contemptible, crawling, creeping, crocodile, crocodilian, crummy, debased, degraded, depraved, despicable, dinosaur, dirty, disgusting, execrable, flagrant, foul, froggy, fulsome, gator, grave, gross, heinous, little, lizard, lizardlike, low, low-down, lumpen, mangy, mean, measly, miserable, monstrous, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, ophidian, paltry, petty, poky, poor, rank, repent, reptant, reptile, reptilelike, reptiliform, reptiloid, saurian, scabby, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, serpentiform, serpentile, serpentine, serpentlike, serpentoid, shabby, shoddy, slithering, small, snakelike, snaky, squalid, terrapin, toadish, tortoise, turtle, unmentionable, vile, viperiform, viperish, viperlike, viperoid, viperous, vipery, wretched