apelike
Like a gorilla
Apelike describes something resembling an ape in appearance or behavior—long arms, a stooped posture, or lumbering movements.
The word often carries unflattering connotations when applied to humans, suggesting primitiveness or lack of refinement: His apelike gait drew stares.
It can also describe physical features: apelike arms, an apelike brow.
Of primates with tails
- gorillaLargest great ape
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- orangutanLarge red-haired Asian ape
- bonoboCongo Basin great ape
gibbon · baboon · macaque · mandrill · knuckle-walking · opposable thumbs · prehensile · anthropoid
Of primates with tails
- anthropoidResembling higher primates
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
snout · heavy-browed · jut-jawed · homunculus · bestial · brutish
Adaptive resemblance to another
- imitationCopy of the original
- gruntingLow, throaty vocalization
- hootingCrying like an owl
- chest-beatingOstentatious self-aggrandizement
grooming · swinging · climbing · screeching · gesturing · foraging · knuckle-dragging · territorial
Having much fur
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- barrel-chestedHaving expansive ribcage
- slouchingPoor postural alignment
- hunchedBent at spine
lumbering · shambling · brutish · hulking · stooped · powerful · brawny · broad-shouldered
Prehistoric cave-dwelling human
- stone-agePre-metalworking human era
- brutishCruel and uncivilized
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
atavistic · archaic · tribal · hunter-gatherer · feral · savage · untamed · uncouth
Bipedal primate family
- DarwinianOf natural selection theory
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
Homo erectus · Neanderthal · bipedalism · fossils · Lucy · missing link · common ancestor · phylogeny
simian
Of primates with tails
- gorillaLargest great ape
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- orangutanLarge red-haired Asian ape
bonobo · gibbon · baboon · macaque · mandrill · knuckle-walking · opposable thumbs · prehensile · anthropoid · howler
simian
Of primates with tails
- anthropoidResembling higher primates
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
grotesque · snout · heavy-browed · jut-jawed · homunculus · bestial · brutish
mimicry
Adaptive resemblance to another
chest-beating · grooming · swinging · climbing · screeching · gesturing · foraging · knuckle-dragging · territorial · playful
hairy
Having much fur
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- barrel-chestedHaving expansive ribcage
- slouchingPoor postural alignment
hunched · lumbering · shambling · brutish · hulking · stooped · powerful · brawny · broad-shouldered · heavy-browed
caveman
Prehistoric cave-dwelling human
unsophisticated · atavistic · archaic · tribal · hunter-gatherer · feral · savage · untamed · uncouth · bestial
hominid
Bipedal primate family
- DarwinianOf natural selection theory
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Australopithecus · Homo erectus · Neanderthal · bipedalism · fossils · Lucy · missing link · common ancestor · phylogeny · speciation