Synonyms for WORM
wɜrmworm

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1. wormnoun

   any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

   Synonyms:
   insect, dirt ball, 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

3. wormnoun

   a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

   "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"

   Synonyms:
   insect, dirt ball, louse

4. wormverb

   screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

   Synonyms:
   insect, dirt ball, louse

5. writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twistverb

   to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

   "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

   Synonyms:
   turn, sophisticate, squirm, pervert, sprain, wrestle, rick, twist, bend, wrick, wrench, wind, distort, curve, deform, convolute, worm, twist around, twine, flex, wriggle, writhe

Matched Categories

1. • Invertebrate
   • Malevolent Program
   • Move
   • Unpleasant Person

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1. centipedenoun

   that is what a centipede is.

   Submitted by massonamberleigh on October 20, 2022  

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1. wormverb

   Synonyms:
   work slowly, secretly, and gradually (like a worm)

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1. wormverb

   Synonyms:
   wriggle, insinuate

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1. List of paraphrases for "worm":

   gusano, maggot, ringworm, view, see, pear, cocoon

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How to use WORM in a sentence?

1. Peckish Erast Zubarev:

   I’d made a cup of coffee, and was settling in front of the TV down when I opened it and saw this little white worm crawling across the top, i was told by my mate it was a parasitic threadworm that lives in the intestine.

2. Michel de Montaigne:

   Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.

3. Jimmy Carter:

   I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die, i’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do.

4. Jacob Anderson:

   So I thought either Grey Grey Worm or Missandei, that one would be taken from another. I honestly thought Grey Worm was gone in that episode, and I even had that thought :' Take me !' She's come through so much s ** t that she's had to deal with her life. As soon as it looks like they're about to enjoy it, it all gets snatched away. So I didn't expect it and I had to lay down the script for a bit.

5. Emily Randolph:

   It was big, i have even Googled it since then and that was a very large worm. It should have been caught before it was put out to thepublicto potentially eat.