[syn: anthropoid, manlike]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anthropoid \An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -oid.]
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the
ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anthropoid
adj 1: resembling apes [syn: anthropoid, anthropoidal,
apelike]
2: resembling human beings [syn: anthropoid, manlike]
n 1: person who resembles a nonhuman primate [syn: anthropoid,
ape]
2: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and
apes and hominids
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropoid":
Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal,
aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropomorphic, anthropopathic,
ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man,
hominid, humanoid, man of old, manlike, missing link, preadamite,
prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman,
troglodyte