A reporter is interviewing Dr. Patterson about Koko, a talking gorilla.
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Gorilla
//ɡəˈɹɪl.ə//
Synonyms for "gorilla" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
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Noun(1 words)
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militantmonstermountain gorillamugmuggermurderermuscle manoaforangorangutanpesticideplug uglyplug-uglypoisonpoisonerpolyphemuspongopowerhouseprimateproboscis monkeyquarrelerrapistrevolutionaryrhesusrioterrivalrodmanroughroughneckrowdyruffiansabreursakisamsonsavagescrapperscufflershe-wolfslaughtererslayerspitfiresquabblerstalwartstranglerstreetfighterstrong armstrong manstrong-arm manstrong-armerstrugglersupermanswashbucklerswordswordplayerswordsmantarzantermagantterrorterroristthe mightythe strongthugtigertigresstiltertitantorpedotoughtough guytower of strengthtrigger mantusslerugly customerviolentviragovixenwild beastwitchwolfwrangleryoung turk
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3 entriescoordinate
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Translations
73 translations across 62 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Arabic
1 entries- غُورِيلَا noun (ape)
Aragonese
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Armenian
1 entries- գորիլա noun (ape)
Asturian
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qorilla noun (ape)
Basque
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Belarusian
1 entries- гары́ла noun (ape)
Bengali
1 entries- গরিলা noun (ape)
Bulgarian
1 entries- горила noun (ape)
Catalan
1 entries- goril·la noun (ape)
Cerma
1 entries- worniŋo noun (ape)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ noun (ape)
- ᎪᎵᎳ noun (ape)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 大猩猩 noun (ape)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大猩猩 noun (ape)
Czech
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Dutch
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Esperanto
1 entries- gorilo noun (ape)
Estonian
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Finnish
2 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
- gorilla noun (thug)
French
1 entries- gorille noun (ape)
Galician
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Georgian
1 entries- გორილა noun (ape)
German
1 entries- Gorilla noun (ape)
Greek
2 entries- γορίλας noun (ape)
- γορίλας noun (thug)
Hebrew
1 entries- גּוֹרִילָה noun (ape)
Hindi
1 entries- गोरिल्ला noun (ape)
Hungarian
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Icelandic
1 entries- górilla noun (ape)
Ido
1 entries- gorilo noun (ape)
Ingrian
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Irish
1 entries- goraille noun (ape)
Italian
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴリラ noun (ape)
Kazakh
1 entries- горилла noun (ape)
Korean
1 entries- 고릴라 noun (ape)
Marathi
1 entries- गोरिला noun (ape)
Navajo
1 entries- mágítsoh noun (ape)
Norman
1 entries- gorille noun (ape)
Norwegian
1 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
Palauan
1 entries- korira noun (ape)
Persian
1 entries- گوریل noun (ape)
Polish
1 entries- goryl noun (ape)
Portuguese
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Romanian
1 entries- gorilă noun (ape)
Russian
3 entries- банди́т noun (thug)
- гори́лла noun (ape)
- громи́ла noun (thug)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- ingagi noun (ape)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- gorila noun (ape)
- gorila noun (thug)
- grmalj noun (thug)
Slovak
2 entries- gorila noun (ape)
- gorila noun (thug)
Spanish
1 entries- gorila noun (ape)
Swahili
1 entries- ngagi noun (ape)
Swedish
2 entries- gorilla noun (ape)
- gorilla noun (thug)
Tagalog
1 entries- gorilya noun (ape)
Tamil
1 entries- கொரில்லா noun (ape)
Thai
2 entries- กอริลลา noun (ape)
- ลิงกอริลลา noun (ape)
Turkish
1 entries- goril noun (ape)
Tày
1 entries- căng noun (ape)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гори́ла noun (ape)
Urdu
1 entries- گورلا noun (ape)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khỉ đột noun (ape)
- đại tinh tinh noun (ape)
Wolof
1 entries- dàngin gi noun (ape)
Yiddish
1 entries- גאָרילע noun (ape)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Hundreds of people called or wrote to the Gorilla Foundation.
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Dr. Patterson communicated with a gorilla using sign language.
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The gorilla was one year old at the time.
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