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. Robert Full:

   You might think the best shape changers are kind of like an octopus or a worm or a slug but yet we know that cockroaches can go through these tiny little cracks.

2. Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love:

   That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.

3. Rex Hudler:

   He hit a worm burner

4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

   I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

5. Swedish Proverb:

   God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.