Synonyms for "apish" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

apelikeasininebattybefooledbeguiledbesottedbrainlessbuffoonishcockeyedcrazycredulousdaffydaftdazed

Adjective(2 words)

apelikeapely

Adjective(1 words)

apelike

Strong matches (26)

delineatorydepictivedizzydotingdumbechoicembodyingemulativefatuitousfatuousfigurativeflakyfondfoolfoolheadedfoolishfuddledfutilegagagoofy

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graphicgulledideographicidioticillustrationalillustrative

Related words (42)

imbecileimitativeinaneincarnatingineptinfatuatedinsanekookylimningloonymadmaudlinmimeticmimicmimishmoronicnuttyonomatopoeiconomatopoeticpersonifying

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pictographicpictorialportrayingrepresentationalrepresentativerepresentingsappyscrewysenselesssentimentalsillysimulativeslavishstupidsymbolizingthoughtlesstypifyingvividwackywetwitless

Adjective(1 words)

simian

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

apelike

derived

2 entries

apishlyapishness

derived from

1 entries

ape

related to

1 entries

ape

similar

1 entries

imitative

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries

• apinamainen adj (resembling or characteristic of an ape)

German

2 entries

• affig adj (resembling or characteristic of an ape)
• äffisch adj (resembling or characteristic of an ape)

Irish

1 entries

• ápúil adj (resembling or characteristic of an ape)

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