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Synonyms & Antonyms of anthropoid
(Entry 1 of 2)
resembling a human in shape or form
- They were on the lookout for the famed Sasquatch, a tall anthropoid creature some thought lived deep in these forests.
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms for anthropoid
anthropoid
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of anthropoid (Entry 2 of 2)
as in ape, cretin
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for anthropoid
- ape,
- beast,
- boor,
- brute,
- cad,
- churl,
- clown,
- creep,
- cretin,
- cur,
- heel,
- louse,
- skunk,
- snake,
- stinker,
- tyke
- (also tike)
- [chiefly British],
- villain
- airhead,
- birdbrain,
- blockhead,
- blunderer,
- bonehead,
- bubblehead,
- chowderhead,
- chucklehead,
- clodpoll
- (or clodpole),
- clot
- [British],
- cluck,
- clunk,
- cuddy
- (or cuddie)
- [British dialect],
- deadhead,
- dim bulb
- [slang],
- dimwit,
- dip,
- dodo,
- dolt,
- donkey,
- doofus
- [slang],
- dope,
- dork
- [slang],
- dullard,
- dumbbell,
- dumbhead,
- dum-dum,
- dummkopf,
- dummy,
- dunce,
- dunderhead,
- fathead,
- galoot
- [slang],
- gander,
- golem,
- goof,
- goon,
- half-wit,
- hammerhead,
- hardhead,
- idiot,
- ignoramus,
- imbecile,
- jackass,
- know-nothing,
- knucklehead,
- lamebrain,
- loggerhead
- [chiefly dialect],
- loon,
- lunkhead,
- meathead,
- mome
- [archaic],
- moron,
- mug
- [chiefly British],
- mutt,
- natural,
- nimrod
- [slang],
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- noddy,
- noodle,
- numskull
- (or numbskull),
- pinhead,
- prat
- [British],
- ratbag
- [chiefly Australian],
- saphead,
- schlub
- (also shlub)
- [slang],
- schnook
- [slang],
- simp,
- simpleton,
- stock,
- stupe,
- stupid,
- thickhead,
- turkey,
- woodenhead,
- yahoo,
- yo-yo
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The first known use of anthropoid was in 1874
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