Synonyms & related words for pithecoid

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Words related to pithecoid

Explore words related to pithecoid — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include ape, apehood, apedom, simious, monkey, apishly, anthropoid, monkeyish. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pithecoid come from?

The word pithecoid breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: pithec, from Greek pithekos (“ape, monkey”); and -oid, from Greek -oeides (“resembling, having the form of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.