Anthropoid

What do we mean by anthropoid?

Of or belonging to the primate suborder Anthropoidea, which consists of the New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans. adjective

Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance. adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a nonhuman ape; apelike. adjective

A primate of the suborder Anthropoidea. noun

Of or pertaining to the superfamily Anthropoidea; man-like; human or simian in a zoölogical sense: applied to all monkeys as well as to man, as distinguished from the lemuroid or prosimian Primates.

More specifically, resembling man, or man-like, as one of the higher monkeys or apes, as distinguished from lower monkeys: applied to the apes of the family Simiidæ, as restricted to include only the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, and gibbon, these being commonly known as the anthropoid apes.

An anthropoid animal; one of the higher monkeys; an ape. noun

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. adjective

Having characteristics of a human being, usually in terms of shape or appearance adjective

Having characteristics of an ape adjective

An anthropoid animal. noun

Resembling apes adjective

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

Resembling human beings adjective

Person who resembles a nonhuman primate noun

An anthropoid animal.

Words that are spelled similarly to anthropoid:
anthropoid, arthropod, anthropic, anthracoid, anthropo, antherozoid, anthropoids, anthropo-.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word anthropoid:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe anthropoid:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective anthropoid:
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Words that sound like anthropoid:
anthropoid, anthropoids, anthropo, anthrop, intrepid, anthracite, anthropic, arthropod, entrepot, antipode, unthread.