| NOUN | animal | ape | any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | ape, copycat, imitator, emulator, aper | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | |
| person | ape, anthropoid | person who resembles a nonhuman primate | |
| VERB | stative | ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect |
| communication | ape, caricature | represent / represent in or produce a caricature of |
| Sounds | ey'p | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | agape ... videotape: 19 rhymes with eyp... | |
| Meaning | Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | anthropoid ape | Any tailless ape of the families ... / families Pongidae and Hylobatidae |
| Broader | primate | Any placental mammal of the order Primates |
| Spanish | mono, simio | |
| Catalan | mico, simi | |
| Adjectives | simian | relating to or resembling an ape |
| Meaning | someone who copies the words or behavior of another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | copycat, imitator, emulator, aper | |
| Narrower | epigone, epigon | An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician / musician |
| parrot | A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | aper, copiador, copiona, copión, copycat, emuladora, emulador, imitador, imitamonas, plagiador | |
| Catalan | copiador, copycat, emulador, imitador, mona, plagiador | |
| Verbs | ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect |
| Meaning | person who resembles a nonhuman primate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | anthropoid | |
| Broader | misfit | someone unable to adapt to their circumstances |
| Spanish | gorila, orangután | |
| Meaning | imitate uncritically and in every aspect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Her little brother apes her behavior" | |
| Broader | imitate | Appear like, as in behavior or appearance |
| Spanish | imitar, parodiar, remedar | |
| Nouns | ape, aper | someone who copies the words or behavior of another |
| apery | the act of mimicking | |
| Meaning | represent / represent in or produce a caricature of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | caricature | |
| Broader | mock | imitate with mockery and derision |
| Spanish | caricaturizar | |
| Catalan | caricaturar | |
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