primates

[prahy-mey-teez] / praɪˈmeɪ tiz /

NOUN

anthropoid

Synonyms

STRONG

ape baboon chimpanzee gorilla human lemur mammal man monkey orangutan

NOUN

order of mammals

Synonyms

STRONG

anthropoid ape chimpanzee gibbon gorilla hominoid human man monkey orangutan

WEAK

brachiator cercopithecoid great ape

NOUN

archbishop

Synonyms

STRONG

archpriest bishop cardinal metropolitan patriarch priest suffragan

WEAK

clergyperson

Example Sentences

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Eating soil may allow the primates to keep eating junk food by helping to line the gut to prevent irritation from too much sugar and fat, research indicates.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

He said tourist food eaten by macaques was "extremely rich in calories, sugar, salt and dairy" - with primates intolerant of lactose found in "hugely popular" ice-cream.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

They are also the only venomous primates in the world, using specialized teeth to deliver a toxic bite.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Eventually, those primates came down from the trees and passed that tool kit on to us.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

There is some preliminary, still fragmentary evidence for important pheromones in primates.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas