monkey

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

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; Old World monkey, catarrhine
of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together; New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails; guenon, guenon monkey
small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face; mangabey
large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids; Erythrocebus patas, hussar monkey, patas
reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa; baboon
large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles; macaque
short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa; langur
slender long-tailed monkey of Asia; colobus, colobus monkey
arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs; Nasalis larvatus, proboscis monkey
Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose; marmoset
small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails; Cebus capucinus, capuchin, ringtail
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl; Aotus trivirgatus, douroucouli
nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur; howler, howler monkey
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry; saki
small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail; uakari
medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail; titi, titi monkey
small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail; Ateles geoffroyi, spider monkey
arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail; Saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey
small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle; woolly monkey
large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins

Type of:: primate
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

n one who is playfully mischievous

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

Types:: brat, holy terror, little terror, terror
a very troublesome child

Type of:: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
a young person of either sex

v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

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

Types:: puddle
mess around, as in a liquid or paste

Type of:: work
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

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

Synonyms:: fiddle, tamper

Type of:: manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it

DEFINITIONS OF: monkey

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

n one who is playfully mischievous

v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

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