old world monkey

Questions about old world monkey

What is another word for old world monkey?

It depends which old world monkey you mean. In the sense “of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together”, the synonyms are catarrhine. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of old world monkey?

WordNet records no antonym for old world monkey. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for old world monkey come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of old world monkey

• Full entry for old world monkeyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for old world monkeyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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