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Synonyms for gorilla
gəˈrɪl əgo·ril·la

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gorilla, Gorilla gorillanoun

    largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

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  1. List of paraphrases for "gorilla":

    ape, goon, enforcer

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Gorilla":

    Gurilla

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  1. Karl Thomas:

    I know that the gorilla in the room is launching missiles over Taiwan, if we just allow that to happen, and we don't contest that, that'll become the next norm. And that's that's not acceptable.

  2. Brent Underwood:

    There was absolutely no excuse for it, it doesn’t matter what you look like. Everybody deserves respect. And everybody deserves to be punished equally for being a rude person like that. Why would you call a person a fat gorilla?

  3. Thayne Maynard:

    The gorilla was clearly agitated. The gorilla was clearly disoriented.

  4. Chris Souk:

    I got into this from day one knowing I wanted to be the 800-pound gorilla on the Charlotte carpet-cleaning scene.

  5. Brian Ballard:

    As far as the finance world goes, Jeb will be the 800-lb gorilla in the race, and Florida will be Jeb's.


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