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apes

VERB

mimic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

emulate imitate

STRONG

affect caricature copy counterfeit ditto do echo impersonate mirror mock parody parrot travesty

WEAK

do like go like make like take off

Antonyms

STRONG

be original

Example Sentences

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Their results suggest that early hominins such as Ardipithecus and Australopithecus probably showed only mild right-hand preferences, similar to what is seen in modern great apes today.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The team analyzed data from 2,025 monkeys and apes representing 41 different primate species.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

When it comes to other great apes, the moms also get almost no help in raising their children—from dads, or anyone else—and they space their kids several years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Bob Thompson’s 1960 scene of bathers apes Cezanne and Monet while deploying an even more vibrant palette than those Frenchmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

When my mother went doctoring in the villages, the ghosts, the were-people, the apes dropped out of trees.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston