Synonyms for monkey
ˈmʌŋ kimon·key

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1. monkeynoun

   any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

   Synonyms:
   imp, rascal, rapscallion, scamp, scalawag, scallywag

2. imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywagverb

   one who is playfully mischievous

   Synonyms:
   hob, varlet, imp, scamp, pixy, rogue, elf, rapscallion, knave, brownie, rascal, pixie, gremlin, scallywag, scalawag

3. tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb

   play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

   "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

   Synonyms:
   shrink from, shirk, muck about, goldbrick, potter, play, monkey around, tinker, muck around, putter, toy, tamper, meddle, mess around, fiddle, diddle

4. putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck aroundverb

   do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

   "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

   Synonyms:
   fiddle, muck around, muck about, monkey around, tamper, putter, potter around, mess around, putter around, potter, tinker

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1. • Primate
   • Work

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1. hanuman

   at the top branches of the tree, sits the macaques stirring back at me.

   on a marvellous visit to the rishikesh zoo in india, i fed the hanuman monkeys with ripe bananas.

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 24, 2019  

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1. monkeynoun

   Synonyms:
   APE

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1. List of paraphrases for "monkey":

   ape, chimp, mono, monkeys, chimpanzee, apes, nigga, baboon, silvana, whip, primate

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1. Angela barrett:

   Dont worry if he prefers someone else to you. Its hard to teach a monkey strawberries are sweeter than bananas.

2. John Sheahan:

   I personally don’t think we’re ever going to be satisfied with the why, said John Sheahan, a former sergeant and SWAT team officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. We're talking about someone who has never had a lot of friends, kept to himself, and had all the finances in the world to do what he was going to do. Since the shooting, The FBI and police investigators have interviewed hundreds of witnesses, including Paddock's girlfriend Mary Lou Danley. They also looked into his gun buying history, taken apart his computer and even sent his brain to Stanford University for detailed forensic examination. But in recent weeks, authorities have provided little to no insight into the status of their investigation. The FBI’s Las Vegas field office did not respond to Fox News ’ request for an interview while the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department declined to take part in one. When we have more information to provide, we will let everybody know, LVMPD Officer Larry Hadfield told Fox News. But John Sheahan warns there may never be new information to release. Police investigators want to give the public answers. It takes the monkey off your backs.

3. Juan Boston:

   I ’m 58, and in my life, I have received one eagle feather, when you see some people wearing one jumping around like a monkey yelling like an idiot, it is disrespectful to our culture.

4. Prince Gouano:

   I heard monkey noises.

5. Aneurin Bevan:

   I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.