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All primate synonyms

pri·mate
P p

noun primate

  • ecclesiast — A member of the Athenian Ecclesia.
  • abbas — Ferhat. 1899–1985, Algerian nationalist leader: joined the National Liberation Front (1956); president of the provisional government of the Algerian republic (1958–61)
  • hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
  • gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
  • monsignor — a title conferred upon certain prelates.
  • churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
  • lemur — any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
  • anthropoid — resembling man
  • churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
  • archbishop — In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
  • berretta — biretta
  • ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
  • bishop — A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
  • diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
  • miter — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
  • clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
  • monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
  • clergyperson — a member of the clergy
  • gibbonEdward, 1737–94, English historian.
  • gibbons — any small, slender, long-armed arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, of the East Indies and southern Asia: all gibbon species are reduced in number and some are very rare.
  • orang — orangutan.
  • chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
  • orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
  • cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
  • mitre — to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
  • churchman — A churchman is the same as a clergyman.
  • cassock — A cassock is a long piece of clothing, often black, that is worn by members of the clergy in some churches.
  • abba — father (used of God)
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