Simian

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling an ape or a monkey.
  • n. An ape or a monkey.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to apes; apely.
  • adj. Bearing resemblance to an ape.
  • n. A monkey or an ape, especially an anthropoid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the family Simiadæ, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like an ape or monkey, in any sense; apish; rhesian; simious: as, simian characters, habits, traits, tricks, antics, etc.
  • Technically, of or pertaining to the Simiidæ or Simiinæ; anthropoid or manlike, as one of the higher apes: as, simian ancestors.
  • n. An ape or monkey of any kind.
  • n. An anthropoid ape of the family Simiidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to or resembling an ape
  • n. an ape or monkey
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    primate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ape    monkey    jackanapes    jocko    baboon    gorilla    catarrhine    apelike    apish    baboonish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Simeon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    reptilian    apish    apelike    Negroid    Germanic    nymphly    wolfish    feline    unattractive    ape-like