| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | primate |
Synonyms: |
anthropoid, ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, imp, lemur, monk, orangutan, rascal, scamp, simian |
| Notes: | a monkey is a primate and not a type of ape, an ape is a primate and not a type of monkey, and a chimpanzee is a type of ape (so it's a primate but not a monkey) |
| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle, tamper with |
Synonyms: |
busybody, butt in, fool, fool around, fool with, horn in, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, make*, meddle, mess, play, pry, tinker, trifle |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
Synonyms: |
bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, fixation, hang-up, hook, inclination, jones, kick*, monkey on back, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth, thing* |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
| Main Entry: | compulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, obligation |
Synonyms: |
coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, have on the brain, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail, urge, urgency |
Antonyms: |
free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
Synonyms: |
a must, coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang-up, impelling, impulsion, monkey*, motive, necessity, no-no, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence |
| Main Entry: | dabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play at; tinker |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself with, be amateur, dally, dilly-dally, fiddle with, flirt with, horse around, idle, kid around, mess around, monkey around, monkey*, muck around, not be serious, play, play around, play games with, toy with, trifle, trifle with, work superficially |
Antonyms: |
take seriously |
| Main Entry: | fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess with, tinker |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
Synonyms: |
attraction, ax to grind, bug in ear, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain, thing*, tiger by the tail |
Antonyms: |
indifference |
| Main Entry: | tinker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle with |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, fix, mess with, mess*, monkey*, muck about, niggle, play, play with, puddle, putter, repair, take apart, toy, trifle with |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |