Related Searches
Nearby Words
Define:primate www.ask.com/Define:primate Search Define:primate Q&A for Define:primate
Thesaurus.com Free Toolbar Dictionary.com Look Up Primate Instantly. Faster Page Loads With Fewer Ads.
Ads
| Main Entry: |
primate
 [prahy-meyt or, especially for 1, prahy-mit] 
|
| 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: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anthropoid |
| Synonyms: | ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, human, lemur, mammal, man, monkey, orangutan |
| Main Entry: | clergyperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister of church |
| Synonyms: | abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar |
Example Sentences
- The equally rare tarsier is a tiny, monogamous primate that only comes out after dark.
- One possible answer a comes from the rich literature of nonhuman primate studies.
- Primate brains have not always gotten bigger as they evolved, according to new research.
| Main Entry: | clergyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister |
| Synonyms: | abbey, archbishop, bible thumper, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchman, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, devil dodger, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, harp polisher, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, sky pilot, sky scout, the rev, turn-around collar, vicar |
| Antonyms: | layman, layperson |
| Main Entry: | anthropoid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ape |
| Synonyms: | chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, humanoid, monkey, orang, orangutan, primate |
| Main Entry: | bishop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyman |
| Synonyms: | abba, administrator, angel, archer, berretta, cap, cleric, coadjutor, diocesan, director, metropolitan, miter, mitre, overseer, patriarch, pontiff, pope, prelate, priest, primate, suffragan |
| Main Entry: | simian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ape |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, orangutan, primate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
