All ape synonyms
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A a verb ape
- imitate β to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- impersonate β to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- travesty β a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- mirror β any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- copy β If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- parody β a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- caricature β A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- ditto β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- parrot β any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- echo β a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- take off β the act of taking.
- make like β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- reproduce β to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
adjective ape
- crazy β If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- masculine β pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- generative β capable of producing or creating.
- potty β Chiefly British Informal. slightly insane; eccentric.
- round the bend β to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- beefcake β Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- brutish β If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- whacko β wacko.
- unglued β separated or detached; not glued.
- stout-hearted β brave and resolute; dauntless.
- two-fisted β ready for or inclined to physical combat.
- mad as a hatter β mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- well-built β simple past tense and past participle of build.
- stallion β an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- feller β Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918β2010, U.S. baseball player.
- caveman β Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
- deranged β Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
- tuna β any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- red-blooded β vigorous; virile.
- out to lunch β a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- loony β lunatic; insane.
- tigerish β tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
noun ape
- monkey β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- primate β Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- chimpanzee β A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- simian β of or relating to an ape or monkey.
- baboon β A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.