Simian

Synonyms for "simian" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(2 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Translations

58 translations across 27 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • قِرْدِيَّاتُ الشَّكْلِ adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ма́лпавы adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • ма́лпіны adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • майму́нски adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • човекоподобна маймуна noun (an ape or monkey)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 猴子的 adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • 猿的 adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Czech

1 entries
  • opičí adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Finnish

3 entries
  • apina adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • apinamainen adj (resembling an ape)
  • apina noun (an ape or monkey)

French

1 entries
  • simien adj (of or pertaining to apes)

German

3 entries
  • Affen adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • affig adj (resembling an ape)
  • äffisch adj (resembling an ape)

Greek

2 entries
  • πιθηκοειδής adj (resembling an ape)
  • πιθηκόμορφος adj (resembling an ape)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • majom adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • majomszerű adj (resembling an ape)

Irish

4 entries
  • simiach adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • simiach adj (resembling an ape)
  • simíoch adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • simíoch adj (resembling an ape)

Italian

2 entries
  • scimmiatico adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • scimmiatico adj (resembling an ape)

Japanese

1 entries
  • サルの adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Korean

1 entries
  • 원숭이의 adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мајмунски adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Navajo

1 entries
  • mágí noun (an ape or monkey)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • ape adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • apeaktig adj (resembling an ape)
  • apelignende adj (resembling an ape)

Polish

4 entries
  • małpi adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • małpi adj (resembling an ape)
  • antropoid noun (an ape or monkey)
  • małpa człekokształtna noun (an ape or monkey)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • simiesco adj (resembling an ape)
  • símio adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • símio adj (resembling an ape)
  • símio noun (an ape or monkey)

Romanian

2 entries
  • simian adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • simian noun (an ape or monkey)

Russian

1 entries
  • обезья́ний adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • màjmunskī adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • ма̀јмунскӣ adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • majmun noun (an ape or monkey)

Slovak

1 entries
  • opičí adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Slovene

1 entries
  • opičji adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Spanish

4 entries
  • simiesco adj (resembling an ape)
  • símico adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • símico adj (resembling an ape)
  • simio noun (an ape or monkey)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ap adj (of or pertaining to apes)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ма́впячий adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • мавпи́ний adj (of or pertaining to apes)
  • мавповиді noun (an ape or monkey)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In “Benguelê” (which refers to slaves’ nostalgic longing for Africa) he makes extensive use of crouching, stooped bodies in a simian, loping walk, arms hanging loosely and head down to suggest tribal dances, rituals, animals, a precivilization.

Source: wiktionary

The simians would require no special orientation courses to teach them the reasons for fighting, such as, “To make the world safe for Demagocracy,” or whatnot.

Source: wiktionary

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