primates

Questions about primates

What does primates mean?

primates means "an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings".

How many syllables are in primates?

primates has 2 syllables: prima-tes. The stress falls on "prima". In IPA it is /ˈpɹaɪˌmeɪts/.

What is another word for primates?

Close synonyms include order Primates. 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 primates a common word?

primates 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.

What rhymes with primates?

1 word rhymes with primates. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.