great ape

Questions about great ape

What does great ape mean?

great ape means "any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae".

What is another word for great ape?

Close synonyms include pongid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is great ape a common word?

great ape is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.