Synonyms of apes

apes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ape

as in copies

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior

was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copies
• imitates
• emulates
• mimes
• mocks
• mimics
• repeats
• parodies
• copycats
• echoes
• caricatures
• burlesques
• plays
• travesties
• performs
• lampoons
• pantomimes
• dittos
• impersonates
• reechos

apes

2 of 2

noun

plural of ape

1

as in hams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hams
• apers
• actors
• posers
• impressionists
• maskers
• masqueraders
• imitators
• mimes
• mimics
• pantomimes
• personators
• pantomimists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonactors

2

as in anthropoids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anthropoids
• brutes
• villains
• skunks
• imbeciles
• snakes
• clowns
• idiots
• skunk
• cretins
• beasts
• boors
• morons
• dodos
• heels
• tikes
• numbskulls
• blockheads
• cads
• donkeys
• dolts
• ignoramuses
• golems
• dopes
• stinkers
• dullards
• creeps
• louses
• boneheads
• naturals
• tykes
• numskulls
• mutts
• pinheads
• nuts
• stupids
• stupes
• lunkheads
• dimwits
• hammerheads
• madmen
• knuckleheads
• blunderers
• curs
• simpletons
• churls
• ignorami
• deadheads
• dunces
• dunderheads
• simps
• airheads
• loons
• jackasses
• yahoos
• meatheads
• birdbrains
• geese
• noddies
• goons
• dumbbells
• nincompoops
• chuckleheads
• galoots
• clodpoles
• lunatics
• know-nothings
• ninnies
• boobies
• shlubs
• dummies
• hardheads
• half-wits
• sapheads
• goofs
• noodles
• stocks
• dumbheads
• bubbleheads
• ganders
• chowderheads
• nitwits
• woodenheads
• thickheads
• prats
• loonies
• lamebrains
• loggerheads
• nimrods
• dips
• clucks
• doofuses
• dorks
• schnooks
• fatheads
• schlubs
• fools
• ratbags
• lunks
• clunks
• cuddies
• momes
• dummkopfs
• dim bulbs
• ninnyhammers
• dum-dums
• dodoes
• dufuses
• nits
• clots
• clodpolls
• slouches
• scatterbrains
• losers
• chumps
• yo-yos
• turkeys
• rascals
• Neanderthals
• schlemiels
• featherbrains
• shlemiels
• mugs
• scamps
• rogues
• hulks
• louts
• lugs
• oafs
• clods
• palookas
• lubbers
• gawks
• clodhoppers
• lumps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• sages
• genii
• geniuses
• wizards
• brainiacs
• whizzes