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, insect

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. 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.

2. Dave Goulson:

   If these massive declines continue, the ramifications are enormous, three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries.

3. Hee Cho:

   Insect farming requires just a fraction of the land, water, and feed in comparison to the traditional livestock farming, edible insects are superfoods.

4. Simone Pika:

   We do not know whether the observed behavior involves empathy, we know that it may qualify as prosocial behaviour, meaning it may increase the welfare of another animal -- feeling better via the social attention and caring, or via substances in the saliva-insect mix that may be soothing or anti-inflammatory. There are examples of chimpanzees adopting and rescuing other chimpanzees, which may involve empathy.

5. Qianshi Lin:

   What's particularly unique about this carnivorous plant is that it traps insects near its insect-pollinated flowers, on the surface, this seems like a conflict between carnivory and pollination because you don't want to kill the insects that are helping you reproduce.