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Primate

🔄 Synonyms of "Primate"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hierarchnoun	(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
archpriestnoun	(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
high priestnoun	(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
prelatenoun	A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Primate"

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Word	Definition
hierarchnoun	(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
high priestnoun	(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
archpriestnoun	(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
prelatenoun	A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
apenoun	A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
monkeynoun	(strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
dancenoun	A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
supremacynoun	Power over all others.
dominancenoun	The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
primacynoun	The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.
anthropoidnoun	Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
hominidnoun	Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
hominoidnoun	Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
simiannoun	Of or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
marmosetnoun	Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.
gibbonnoun	A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
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.
orangutannoun	An arboreal ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
lemurnoun	Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
prosimiannoun	A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.