apes

VERB

mimic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

emulate imitate

STRONG

affect caricature copy counterfeit ditto do echo impersonate mirror mock parody parrot travesty

WEAK

do like go like make like take off

Antonyms

STRONG

be original

Example Sentences

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Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Although there aren’t any other cooperative breeders among the great apes, there are South American treetop monkeys called marmosets and tamarins who do cooperate to raise young.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Attenborough wanted to explain how the development of thumbs and fingers allowed apes to grip tools.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Though I was intimidated by the prospect of facing the apes, I was far more willing to risk my life with them than with the kata-kata.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer