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

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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, pest, cuss, blighter

2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

   any epidemic disease with a high death rate

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, plague, pest, 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, pest, 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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How to use PEST in a sentence?

1. Bhagirath Choudhary:

   I don't see any significant drop in output because we haven't heard of any pest attack in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

2. Curt Organt:

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

3. Brandon Basso:

   So we can, through the use of drones, understand how pesticides are working, understand pest problems better and potentially eliminate the need for pesticides in areas where it actually was a fungal problem and not a pest problem.

4. Tivon Feeley:

   Every state is in the same situation right now that has the Emerald Ash Borer, they’re looking at ‘how do we take down all of these trees, what do we do with all of the wood-waste?’ Nobody has the silver bullet. This is a pest that’s here, it’s in the United States, and we’re going to have to deal with it.

5. Mustapha Debboun:

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