"What anthropoid would your girlfriend be most like?" "What a question... Well, um... An orangutan, I guess."
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Anthropoid
//ˈænθɹəpɔɪd//
Synonyms for "anthropoid" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (19)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
51 translations across 20 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- antropoïed noun (an anthropoid animal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνθρωποειδής adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Belarusian
2 entries- антрапо́ідны adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- чалавекападо́бны adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Catalan
3 entries- antropoide adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoide adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- antropoide noun (an anthropoid animal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 類人猿 /类人猿 noun (an anthropoid animal)
Czech
2 entries- antropoidní adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- lidoop noun (an anthropoid animal)
Finnish
3 entries- apinamainen adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- ihmismäinen adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoidi noun (an anthropoid animal)
French
1 entries- anthropoïde noun (an anthropoid animal)
German
1 entries- menschenähnlich adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Greek
3 entries- ανθρωποειδής adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- ανθρωποειδής adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- ανθρωποειδές noun (an anthropoid animal)
Irish
3 entries- antrapóideach adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antrapóideach adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- antrapóideach noun (an anthropoid animal)
Manx
3 entries- antrapoydagh adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antrapoydagh adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- antrapoyd noun (an anthropoid animal)
Polish
4 entries- antropoidalny adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- człekokształtny adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoid noun (an anthropoid animal)
- małpa człekokształtna noun (an anthropoid animal)
Portuguese
2 entries- antropoide adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoide noun (an anthropoid animal)
Romanian
4 entries- antropoid adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoid adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- antropomorf adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropomorf adj (having characteristics of an ape)
Russian
3 entries- антропо́идный adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- человекообра́зный adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- человекоподо́бный adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- majmunòlik adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- čovjekòlik adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- ȁntropoīdan adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- а̏нтропоӣдан adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Spanish
2 entries- antropoide adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- antropoide adj (having characteristics of an ape)
Swedish
2 entries- antropoid adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
- människoliknande adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- антропо́їдний adj (having characteristics of an ape)
- людиноподі́бний adj (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.
Source: tatoeba (6303387)
An anthropoid ape has a body which is several times as hardy, durable and mighty as that of even the strongest man, but the ape has not the brain of a civilized man.
Source: tatoeba (11676071)
“And I am sorry for the man she loves,” said the girl, “for he loves her. I never met him, but from what Jane tells me he must be a very wonderful person. It seems that he was born in an African jungle, and brought up by fierce, anthropoid apes.”
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