Ape

//eɪp//

Synonyms for "ape" (190 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (38)

caricature copycat act act a part act as act out angwantibo anthropoid anthropoid ape ape about appear like approach approximate aye-aye baboon bar barbary ape be like be redolent of bear

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bear resemblance bring to mind bugs on burlesque call to mind call up cape polecat capuchin cavy chacma chimp chimpanzee chiroptera come close come near

Noun(2 words)

anthropoid aper

Verb(1 words)

caricature

Strong matches (57)

Related words (95)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

7 entries

actor doer imitate misfit mock primate worker

More specific

4 entries

apelet apeling apess great ape

Synonyms

3 entries

anthropoid caricature copycat

Related terms

3 entries

Animals monkey troop

coordinate

1 entries

monkey

derived

69 entries

Apefrica Apefrican Apelanta Barbary ape)Bili ape God's ape North American wood ape Steller's sea ape ape hanger ape in ape leader ape shit ape-baboon ape-bearer ape-fissure ape-man

Showing 16 of 69 words.

has context

2 entries

derogatory slang

is a

3 entries

animal mammal primate

manner of

1 entries

imitate

related to

23 entries

animal animal gorilla behave clade crazy foolish fur gorilla hominoidea huge huge monkey human human evolution imitate imitator large

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

207 translations across 85 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

aap noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
na-aap verb (to imitate)

Albanian

1 entries

majmun noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πῐ́θηκος noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Arabic

4 entries

قرْد noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
قرْد noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
قِرْد noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
قِرْد بَشَرِيّ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Armenian

2 entries

կապիկ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
մարդանման կապիկ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Belarusian

2 entries

ма́лпа noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
чалавекападо́бная ма́лпа noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Bulgarian

3 entries

майму́на noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
човекоподо́бна майму́на noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
подражавам verb (to imitate)

Catalan

4 entries

mico noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
mico noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
primat noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
simi noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)

Chinese

1 entries

жынху noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

無尾猿 /无尾猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
類人猿 /类人猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

無尾猿 /无尾猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
類人猿 /类人猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲉⲛ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Czech

4 entries

opice noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
opičák noun (foolish imitator)
napodobovat verb (to imitate)
opičit se verb (to imitate)

Danish

2 entries

abe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
menneskeabe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Dari

4 entries

بُوزِینَه noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
مَیْمُون noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
کَپِّی noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
کَپِی noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Dutch

4 entries

aap noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
apin noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
mensaap noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
imiteren verb (to imitate)

Esperanto

4 entries

homoideo noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
simio noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
simio noun (any such primate other than a human)
simii verb (to imitate)

Estonian

1 entries

ahv noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Faroese

1 entries

apa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Finnish

4 entries

apina noun (any such primate other than a human)
apina noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
apina noun (foolish imitator)
ihmisapina noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

French

4 entries

hominoïdé noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
singe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
singe anthropoïde noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
singer verb (to imitate)

Galician

1 entries

simio noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Georgian

1 entries

მაიმუნი noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

German

4 entries

Affe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
Affe noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
Menschenaffe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
nachäffen verb (to imitate)

Greek

3 entries

πίθηκος noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
πίθηκος noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
πιθηκίζω verb (to imitate)

Hebrew

2 entries

קוף noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
קוף אדם noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Hindi

3 entries

कपि noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
वानर noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
वानर noun (any such primate other than a human)

Hungarian

4 entries

emberszabású majom noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
majom noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
majom noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
majmol verb (to imitate)

Icelandic

2 entries

api noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
apa eftir verb (to imitate)

Indonesian

1 entries

kera noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بوزینِه noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
مِیْمون noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
کَپّی noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
کَپی noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Irish

1 entries

ápa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Italian

4 entries

ominide noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
scimmia noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
scimmione noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
scimmiottare verb (to imitate)

Japanese

4 entries

サル noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
類人猿 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
猿真似する verb (to imitate)

Khmer

1 entries

ស្វា noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Korean

2 entries

원숭이 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
유인원 noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Lao

3 entries

ຖັກແທ່ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ລິງ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ວານອນ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Latin

3 entries

clūra noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
sīmia noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
sīmius noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Latvian

1 entries

pērtiķis noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Lithuanian

2 entries

beždžiõnė noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
žmõgbeždžionė noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Low German

4 entries

Aap noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
Aap noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
Oop noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
Oop noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Af noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Macedonian

3 entries

мајмун noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
мајмун noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
човеколик мајмун noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Malay

1 entries

mawas noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Maltese

1 entries

xadin noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Mongolian

3 entries

бич noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
мич noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ᠪᠡᠴᠢᠨ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Māori

1 entries

makimaki noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Navajo

1 entries

mágí noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

nkima noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Norman

1 entries

marmoûset noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

North Frisian

2 entries

aab noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ååwe noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

ape noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
menneskeape noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ape noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Old English

1 entries

apa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Oromo

1 entries

qamalee noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

میمون noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Persian

2 entries

تقلید کردن verb (to imitate)
کپی کردن verb (to imitate)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Op noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Pohnpeian

1 entries

mwengkiaramas noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Polish

4 entries

małpa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
małpa człekokształtna noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
imitować verb (to imitate)
małpować verb (to imitate)

Portuguese

4 entries

macaco noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
macaco noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
primata noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
símio noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਬਣਮਾਣਸ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Romanian

3 entries

maimuță noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
imita verb (to imitate)
maimuțări verb (to imitate)

Russian

4 entries

обезья́на noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
обезья́на noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
человекообра́зная обезья́на noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
обезья́нничать verb (to imitate)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कपि noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Oape noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

màjmun noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
čovekoliki majmun noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
čovjekoliki majmun noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ма̀јмун noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Slovak

2 entries

opica noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
človečnjak noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Slovene

1 entries

opica noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Spanish

4 entries

hominoide noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
hominoideo noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
mono noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)
primate noun (derogatory: uncivilized person)

Swedish

4 entries

apa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
människoapa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
apa efter verb (to imitate)
härma verb (to imitate)

Tagalog

2 entries

bakulaw noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ugaw noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Tajik

1 entries

маймун noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Thai

3 entries

จ๋อ noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ลิง noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ลิงไม่มีหาง noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Tibetan

1 entries

མི་རྒོད noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Turkish

1 entries

insansı maymun noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Ukrainian

3 entries

людиноподі́бна ма́впа noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
ма́впа noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
мавпувати verb (to imitate)

Urdu

3 entries

بَنْدَر noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
وانَر noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
کَپی noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Vietnamese

2 entries

khỉ không đuôi noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
vượn noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Volapük

1 entries

lep noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Walloon

2 entries

mårticot noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)
séndje noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Welsh

1 entries

epa noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

West-Frisian

1 entries

aap noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Zazaki

1 entries

apeka noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Zulu

1 entries

inkawu noun (primate of the clade Hominoidea)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The male ape is intelligent by nature.

Source: tatoeba (43526)

When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.

Source: tatoeba (280367)

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

Source: tatoeba (918864)

Don't play the ape!

Source: tatoeba (4561733)

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