anthropoid adj 1: resembling apes [syn: {anthropoid}, {anthropoidal}, {apelike}] 2: resembling human beings [syn: {anthropoid}, {manlike}] n 1: person who resembles a nonhuman primate [syn: {anthropoid}, {ape}] 2: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
Anthropoid \An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape. [1913 Webster]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropoid": Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropomorphic, anthropopathic, ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man, hominid, humanoid, man of old, manlike, missing link, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman, troglodyte