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

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• nonactors

2

as in anthropoids

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apes

Verb

The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

But if getting Andy back in the Runway fold feels a lot like getting her into it in the first film, that feeling will only persist, as the sequel apes the original feature nearly beat for beat, with some small swaps here and there. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026

More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025

There are high columns crawling with ivy, nearly 12 acres of rolling lawns, teensy windows with teensy shutters, and a diminutive pool house that apes a fairy-tale cottage. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2025