monkeylike
Resembling a primate
Monkeylike describes something resembling a monkey in appearance, movement, or behavior.
It often suggests agility and climbing ability: He scrambled up the tree with monkeylike ease.
The word can also imply mischievousness, curiosity, or imitative behavior: her monkeylike grin, monkeylike mimicry.
Higher mammal order member
- apeTailless higher primate
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- gibbonTailless tree-dwelling primate
- baboonDog-snouted Old World monkey
macaque · capuchin · orangutan · gorilla · lemur · anthropoid · arboreal · prehensile
Of one's forebears
- evolutionaryPertaining to gradual biological change
- hominidBipedal primate family
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- apelikeResembling a primate
atavistic · primal · feral · uncivilized · wild · untamed · instinctual · brutish
Quick and light-moving
- acrobaticInvolving spectacular physical feats
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- swingingMoving in arcs
- leapingSpringing into air
dexterous · spry · limber · scrambling · clambering · brachiation · gymnastic · vaulting
primate
Higher mammal order member
- apeTailless higher primate
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- gibbonTailless tree-dwelling primate
baboon · macaque · capuchin · orangutan · gorilla · lemur · anthropoid · arboreal · prehensile · tail
ancestral
Of one's forebears
- evolutionaryPertaining to gradual biological change
- hominidBipedal primate family
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
apelike · atavistic · primal · feral · uncivilized · wild · untamed · instinctual · brutish · uncouth
nimble
Quick and light-moving
- acrobaticInvolving spectacular physical feats
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- swingingMoving in arcs
leaping · dexterous · spry · limber · scrambling · clambering · brachiation · gymnastic · vaulting · springing
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
naughty · puckish · cheeky · shenanigans · rascal · scamp · devilish · antic · caper · troublemaker
mimicry
Adaptive resemblance to another
emulating · parroting · gesturing · mugging · clowning · pantomime · grimacing · echoing · posturing · replicating