Synonyms for pest
pɛstpest

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1. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   bug

2. pestnoun

   A plague, pestilence, epidemic

   Synonyms:
   bug

3. pestnoun

   An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.

   Synonyms:
   bug

4. pestnoun

   An annoying person.

   Synonyms:
   bug

5. pestnoun

   Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.

   Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

   Synonyms:
   bug

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pest

   Synonyms:
   plague, nuisance, curse, annoyance, blight, bone, scourge

   Antonyms:
   benefit, blessing, acquisition

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1. plague, pestilence, pest, pestisnoun

   a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, plague, cuss, blighter

2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

   any epidemic disease with a high death rate

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, plague, cuss, blighter

3. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun

   a persistently annoying person

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, feller, expletive, lad, swearing, curse word, bloke, oath, pestilence, pestis, blighter, gent, gadfly, cuss, chap, curse, swearword, fellow, plague, fella

4. pestnoun

   any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

   "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

   Synonyms:
   gadfly, cuss, plague, pestilence, blighter, pesterer, pestis

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Epidemic Disease
   • Tormentor

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1. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease

2. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance

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1. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   pestilence, plague, scourge, curse, nuisance, annoyance, infliction, bane

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1. List of paraphrases for "pest":

   pests, parasite, fjst, parasites, phytosanitary, parasitic, plague, vermin, insect, harmful, plant-health, beetle, bug

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pest":

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1. Ron Harrison:

   Warmer, wetter conditions favor pest activity, if the experts are right about El Niño, the pest control industry will benefit, no doubt about that.

2. Curt Organt:

   We view this as a high-quality service company ... (that) has also been a successful consolidator in the pest industry.

3. Mustapha Debboun:

   To apply any insecticide in a public waterway you have to be licensed. A certified pest management person.

4. Rebecca Fyffe:

   Children living in buildings with cockroaches have a greater likelihood for asthma, even fatal asthma attacks, i approached pest control from a social justice perspective and focused on scientific methodology, so I’m doing something very different and unique.

5. George Amato:

   This is an enormous new tool for researchers interested in controlling this pest, bed bugs are now very widespread in most major cities around the world, and they have increasingly become resistant to insecticides, making them harder to control.