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ANTHROPOID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("anthropoid" is a kind of...):

primate (any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet)

Derivation:

anthropoid (resembling human beings)

anthropoid; anthropoidal (resembling apes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Person who resembles a nonhuman primate

Synonyms:

anthropoid; ape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anthropoid" is a kind of...):

misfit (someone unable to adapt to their circumstances)

Derivation:

anthropoid; anthropoidal (resembling apes)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling human beings

Synonyms:

anthropoid; manlike

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

human (having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings)

Derivation:

anthropoid (any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling apes

Synonyms:

anthropoid; anthropoidal; apelike

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonhuman (not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings)

Derivation:

anthropoid (any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids)

anthropoid (person who resembles a nonhuman primate)

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