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Monkey

🔄 Synonyms of "Monkey"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
rascalnoun	(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
scampnoun	A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
rapscallionnoun	(dated) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
scallywagnoun	(informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
tinkernoun	Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
scalawagnoun	(informal) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
tamperverb	(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
putternoun	(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
monkey aroundverb	(informal, idiomatic) To act foolishly.
mess aroundverb	(informal) To joke, kid, or play.
muck aroundverb	To muck about.
impnoun	(chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
potternoun	One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Monkey"

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Word	Definition
impnoun	(chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
potternoun	One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
tinkernoun	Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
scalawagnoun	(informal) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
muck aroundverb	To muck about.
scallywagnoun	(informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
monkey aroundverb	(informal, idiomatic) To act foolishly.
tampernoun	A person or thing that tamps.
mess aroundverb	(informal) To joke, kid, or play.
rascalnoun	(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
rapscallionnoun	(dated) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
scampnoun	A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
putternoun	(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
baboonnoun	An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. [from 13th c.]
chimpanzeenoun	Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
gorillanoun	An ape of the genus Gorilla; endemic to the forests of Central Africa and typified by superlative physical size and strength in relation to other primates.
rhesusnoun	A macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
apenoun	A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
primatenoun	(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
chimpnoun	(offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.