Gorilla Synonyms

gə-rĭlə
Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gorilla-gorilla
A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hoodlum
  2. ruffian
  3. thug
  4. tough
  5. hooligan
  6. goon
  7. hood

Words Related to Gorilla

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Gorilla Sentence Examples

  • The gorilla in the room was finally introduced by Molly.

  • The differences between a gorilla's skull and a man's are truly immense.

  • The other four trunks displayed like goods—a moth-eaten gorilla suit, two bloody collections of dresses, and an outfit Dean supposed Frankenstein wore when he went out for a little nightlife.

  • The largest proportional size of the facial bones, and the great projection of the jaws, confer on the gorilla's skull its small facial angle and brutal character,while its teeth differ from man's in relative size and number of fangs.

  • The older method was to attempt the comparison between the highest member of a lower group and the lowest member of a higher group - to suppose, for example, that the gorilla and the chimpanzee, the highest members of the apes, were the existing representatives of the ancestors of man and to compare these forms with the lowest members of the human race.

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