adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or similar to a monkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a monkeylike skull
- monkeylike curiosity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monkeyish
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monkeylike
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adv
Meaning 2
In the manner of a monkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English monkey Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English monkeylike From monkey + -like.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: meymunabənzər — similar to a monkey
- Dutch: aapachtig — similar to a monkey
- Esperanto: simia — similar to a monkey
- German: affenartig — similar to a monkey
- Kyrgyz: маймыл сияктуу (maymıl siyaktuu) — similar to a monkey
- Latin: simas — similar to a monkey
- Marathi: माकडासारखा (mākḍāsārkhā) — similar to a monkey
- Marathi: माकडासारखी (mākḍāsārkhī) — similar to a monkey
- Marathi: माकडासारखे (mākḍāsārkhe) — similar to a monkey
- Russian: обезья́ний (obezʹjánij) — similar to a monkey
- Ukrainian: ма́впячий (mávpjačyj) — similar to a monkey
- Esperanto: simie — in the manner of a monkey