Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brachiate

1 sense of brachiate

Sense 1
brachiate -- (swing from one hold to the next; "the monkeys brachiate")
       => swing, sway -- (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back")

Antonyms of adj brachiate

2 senses of brachiate

Sense 1
brachiate -- (having widely spreading paired branches; "maples are brachiate")

INDIRECT (VIA branchy) -> branchless -- (having no branches)

Sense 2
brachiate -- (having arms or armlike appendages)

INDIRECT (VIA armed) -> armless -- (having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo")

Similarity of adj brachiate

2 senses of brachiate

Sense 1
brachiate -- (having widely spreading paired branches; "maples are brachiate")
       => branchy (vs. branchless) -- (having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk")

Sense 2
brachiate -- (having arms or armlike appendages)
       => armed (vs. armless) -- (having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva")

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