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

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. Robert Smith:

   Private owners can not afford to let their forests die of disease, insect infestations or wildfire, they are on the job 24 hours a day, unlike 9-5 government bureaucrats. If private owners fail they go bankrupt. If Forest Service managers fail, at worst Forest Service managers are transferred to another forest.

2. Nancy Messonnier:

   As we work to better understand what's causing AFM, parents can help protect their children by washing your hands, staying up to date on recommended vaccines and using insect repellent to prevent mosquito bites.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ben Chapman:

   They take 10 bags out of a week-long production and try to shake out what might be in here, do we have particularly high insect parts or was it a particularly buggy time of year when the food was harvested ? And they make sure they are below those The FDA thresholds.