The yellow breasted capuchin monkey (S. xanthosternos) at Una Biological Reserve in Bahia, Brazil, is a critically-endangered primate targeted by hunters for bush meat.
Source: tatoeba (11238347)
Capuchin
//ˈkæp.ə.t͡ʃɪn//
Synonyms for "capuchin" (16 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- caputxí noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Czech
1 entries- kapucín noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Dutch
1 entries- kapucijner noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Finnish
4 entries- huppuviitta noun (garment consisting of a cloak and hood)
- kapusiini noun (monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)
- kapusiini noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
- kapusiinimunkki noun (monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)
French
1 entries- capucin noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
German
1 entries- Kapuziner noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Greek
1 entries- Καπουτσίνος noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Hungarian
1 entries- kapucinus noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Italian
1 entries- cappuccino noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kapusiner noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kapusinar noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Polish
1 entries- kapucyn noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Portuguese
1 entries- capuchinho noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Russian
1 entries- капуци́н noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Slovak
1 entries- kapucín noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Spanish
1 entries- capuchino noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Swahili
1 entries- Mkapuchini noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Swedish
3 entries- kapucin noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
- kapucinermunk noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
- kapucinmunk noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Tagalog
1 entries- Kaputsino noun (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
Turkish
1 entries- kapusen noun (monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
“That is something,” said the capuchin, “but not the most essential. Are you certain that he is a Christian?”
Source: wiktionary
Of Ermine is his doublet — / His Capuchin gay —
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.