zombi

zom·bie also zom·bi  (zmb)

n. pl. zom·bies also zom·bis

1. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.

2.

a. A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse.

b. A corpse revived in this way.

3. One who looks or behaves like an automaton.

4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.

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[Caribbean French and English Creole, from Kimbundu -zumbi, ghost, departed spirit.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	zombi - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body zombi spirit, zombie spirit, zombie hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
	2.	zombi - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies snake god, zombie deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
	3.	zombi - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force living dead, zombie dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
	4.	zombi - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" automaton, zombie unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	5.	zombi - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur zombie rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass