Antonyms for ape
eɪpape

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. apeverb

   Antonyms:
   not to imitate, vary, modify, change

   Synonyms:
   mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent

Matched Categories

1. • Imitate
   • Mock
   • Primate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apenoun

   any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all

   Synonyms:
   copycat, anthropoid, emulator, aper, imitator

2. copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, apernoun

   someone who copies the words or behavior of another

   Synonyms:
   impersonator, anthropoid, emulator, aper, copycat, imitator

3. anthropoid, apeverb

   person who resembles a nonhuman primate

   Synonyms:
   copycat, anthropoid, emulator, aper, imitator

4. apeverb

   imitate uncritically and in every aspect

   "Her little brother apes her behavior"

   Synonyms:
   caricature

5. caricature, apeverb

   represent in or produce a caricature of

   "The drawing caricatured the President"

   Synonyms:
   caricature

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1. apenoun

   Synonyms:
   simian, pongo, gorilla, chimpanzee, orang-outang, baboon, troglodyte

   Associated words:
   simian, simial, pithecoid, pithecan

2. apeverb

   Synonyms:
   imitate, mimic

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. APE

   Synonyms:
   Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, redox factor-1, Ref-1

How to use ape in a sentence?

1. Vance Havner:

   Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.

2. Jean Baudrillard:

   Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.

3. The Charleston-Gazette:

   It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels.

4. Proverb:

   An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house

5. Yevgeny Zamyatin:

   Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

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