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monkey - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | primate |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, baboon, imp, monk, rascal, scamp, simian, chimpanzee, gorilla, lemur, orangutan |
| 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*, horn in, interfere, make*, meddle, mess, play, pry, tinker, trifle, fool with, interlope, intermeddle |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, enslavement, fixation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, kick*, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*, dependence, jones, monkey on back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, obligation |
| Synonyms: | coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, exigency, force, hang-up, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, pressure, urge, urgency, engrossment, have on the brain, prepossession, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play at; tinker |
| Synonyms: | dally, dilly-dally*, horse around*, idle, kid around*, mess around*, monkey*, play, play around*, trifle, amuse oneself with, be amateur, fiddle with, flirt with, monkey around, muck around, not be serious, play games with, toy with, trifle with, work superficially |
| Antonyms: | take seriously |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, potter, twiddle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind*, case*, complex, compulsion, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, thing*, bug in ear, concrete idea, something on the brain, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tinker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle with |
| Synonyms: | dabble, doodle*, fix, mess*, monkey*, niggle*, play, puddle, putter, repair, toy, mess with, muck about, play with, take apart, trifle with |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally*, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around*, fritter, horse around*, idle, loiter, lounge, misuse, monkey, palter, play, putter, squander, string along*, toy, wanton, waste, waste time, amuse oneself, be insincere, fool with, fribble*, futz around, indulge in, lead on, lollygag, mess with, monkey with, philander, play games with, play with, potter, twiddle, use up, wink at* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang-up*, monkey*, motive, necessity, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence, a must, impelling, impulsion, no-no |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | order of mammals |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, human, man, monkey, brachiator, cercopithecoid, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, great ape, hominoid, orangutan |
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