GIBBON Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word gibbon. (close relations)
Definition of GIBBON
gibbons
Best Alternative Words for GIBBON
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anthropoid | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • person who resembles a nonhuman primate • any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids adjective satellite • resembling apes • resembling human beings | ||||||||
ape | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all • someone who copies the words or behavior of another • person who resembles a nonhuman primate verb • imitate uncritically and in every aspect • represent in or produce a caricature of | ||||||||
monkey | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) • one who is playfully mischievous verb • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | ||||||||
primates | nounn | |||||||
noun • an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | ||||||||
simian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or resembling an ape noun • an ape or monkey | ||||||||
edward gibbon | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) | ||||||||
hylobates lar | nounn | |||||||
noun • smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies |