Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   benefit, blessing, acquisition

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

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Epidemic Disease
   • Tormentor

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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

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1. pestnoun

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

How to use pest in a sentence?

1. Curt Organt:

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

2. Phillip Arnold:

   The Mesilla Valley here is one of the largest production areas in the continent, and for that matter in the world, to bring that type of pest in here could be devastating to the 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. 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.

5. Victor Sedinger:

   Termites swarm in the spring, if there’s a bunch of winged insects flying out of a hole in the woodwork, that’s probably termites. Call a licensed professional pest control company. You’ll save money and trouble in the long run.

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