primate synonyms

primate

n.

  1. Order of mammals

    gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, gibbon, great ape, cercopithecoid, anthropoid, hominoid, brachiator; see also hominid, man 1.

  2. Archbishop

    cardinal, metropolitan, suffragan, patriarch; see pope, priest.

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