ape
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
Types & categories
- primate hypernym
- anthropoid ape hyponym
Sense 2 verb
imitate uncritically and in every aspect
Her little brother apes her behavior
Types & categories
- imitate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
someone who copies the words or behavior of another
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
represent in or produce a caricature of
The drawing caricatured the President
Types & categories
- mock hypernym
Related & opposite
- impersonation derivation
Sense 5 noun
person who resembles a nonhuman primate
Types & categories
- misfit hypernym
Related & opposite
- anthropoid derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | primate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anthropoid ape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | copycat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | imitate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imitate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | emulate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | epigone |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | parrot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mock |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | anthropoid |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | misfit |