monkey

Main Entry:
simian [sim-ee-uhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ape
Synonyms: anthropoid, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, orangutan, primate
Main Entry: primate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order of mammals
Synonyms: anthropoid, ape, brachiator, cercopithecoid, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, great ape, hominoid, human, man, monkey, orangutan
Main Entry: baboon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ape
Synonyms: chacma, mandrill, monkey
Main Entry: anthropoid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ape
Synonyms: chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, humanoid, monkey, orang, orangutan, primate
Main Entry: twiddle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fiddle
Synonyms: dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger*, fool, handle*, interfere, mess around, mess*, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, tinker, touch*, toy, trifle
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Compulsion.
Synonyms:
-nouns
compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription., force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio; club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort, martial law., restraint; necessity; force majeure; Hobson's choice.
-verbs
compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige., force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon., extort, wring from; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain.
-adjectives
compelling; coercive, coactive; inexorable; compulsory, compulsatory; obligatory, stringent, peremptory., forcible, not to be trifled with; irresistible; compelled; fain to.
-adverbs
by force, by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis, under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm., under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will [more]; nolens volens (of necessity); by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of, under pressure of; de rigueur.
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