Synonyms for insect
ˈɪn sɛktin·sect

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1. insectnoun

   Synonyms:
   bug

2. insectnoun

   An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

   Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.

   Synonyms:
   bug

3. insectnoun

   Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc

   The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.

   Synonyms:
   bug

4. insectnoun

   A contemptible or powerless person.

   The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.

   Synonyms:
   bug

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. insectnoun

   small air-breathing arthropod

   Synonyms:
   dirt ball, worm, louse

2. worm, louse, insect, dirt ballnoun

   a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

   Synonyms:
   plant louse, biting louse, worm, bird louse, dirt ball, sucking louse, louse

Matched Categories

1. • Arthropod
   • Unpleasant Person

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1. insectnoun

   Associated words:
   entomology, entomologist, entomologic, chrsalis, pupa, cicada, cocoon, credpitaculum, entomophilous, entornophily, entomtaxy, entomotomy, insecticidal, insectifuge, insectile, larva, lepidopterist, larvarium, stridor, stridulate, stridulation, silphology, stridulatory, nymph, horismology, imago

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1. List of paraphrases for "insect":

   insects, bug, beetle, pest, entomology

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1. Mario Barnard:

   A couple of months ago I met Jean and Leah (of Gourmet Grubb) and they've got the same problem as me, where we don't like the insect as it is in its whole form, so we decided to do it in a powder form and make gourmet dishes.

2. Yahya Jammeh:

   I am going to get rid of these elements one by one until the last person, apart from the decision from the Almighty Allah, no human soul, animal, fish or insect, black or white, can remove me from power.

3. Tzompa Sosa:

   There are several positive things about using insect ingredients, they are more sustainable because (insects) use less land (than cattle), they are more efficient at converting feed ... and they also use less water to produce butter.

4. Johnjoe McFadden:

   If the results can be replicated in the field then it would represent a big step forward in eco-friendly ways of controlling insect disease and improving food production.

5. Floyd Shockley:

   Anytime that you find an insect species not in a place that you’re used to it being, that has a lot of implications for our understanding of that species — the kind of distribution it has, the kind of ecosystem that it might require to complete its lifecycle, it means something that we thought was gone, at least from the Eastern US, may still be there, and it’s just hiding in small pockets.