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ANTHROPOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
Classified under:
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:
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:
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:
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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