Synonyms of monkey
7 similar words
Another word for monkey is idiot. Other synonyms of monkey are uggo, puppet, five hundred, face card and interfere.
Synonyms and similar words for monkey
nounSynonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
nounSynonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- uggoAn ugly person.
nounSynonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- puppetA person, country, etc, controlled by another.
nounSynonym of five hundred, especially (UK) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- five hundredA note worth 500 units of some currency.
nounSynonym of face card.
- face cardA playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace...
Meaning of monkey
- noun A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- noun Any simian, including humans.
- noun Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
monkey in other languages
Questions about synonyms of monkey
- What is another word for monkey?
- Monkey has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as idiot, uggo, puppet, five hundred, face card, interfere and fiddle.
- What does monkey mean?
- Monkey means a member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
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