Antonyms for monkey
ˈmʌŋ kimon·key

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1. monkeynoun

   any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

   Synonyms:
   imp, rascal, rapscallion, scamp, scalawag, scallywag

2. imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywagverb

   one who is playfully mischievous

   Synonyms:
   hob, varlet, imp, scamp, pixy, rogue, elf, rapscallion, knave, brownie, rascal, pixie, gremlin, scallywag, scalawag

3. tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb

   play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

   "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

   Synonyms:
   shrink from, shirk, muck about, goldbrick, potter, play, monkey around, tinker, muck around, putter, toy, tamper, meddle, mess around, fiddle, diddle

4. putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck aroundverb

   do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

   "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

   Synonyms:
   fiddle, muck around, muck about, monkey around, tamper, putter, potter around, mess around, putter around, potter, tinker

How to use monkey in a sentence?

1. Jeb Bush:

   We have two gifted freshman senators that are also front-running candidates. They're gifted. Look, I got a monkey brain to be honest with you. I can't say the same thing, I can't say it. My mind works differently.

2. Andrew Gillum:

   The congressman let us know exactly where he was going to take this race the day after he won the nomination, the' monkey up' comment said it all and he's only continued in the course of his campaign to draw all the attention he can to the color of my skin.

3. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert:

   Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.

4. Igor Stravinsky:

   I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'

5. Mariana Fulger:

   Being calm, no matter how complicated life may be, is a virtue and a wall that cages the monkey, many times hurt, scared, within us, inside.

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