Synonyms 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

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1. pest

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

   Antonyms:
   benefit, blessing, acquisition

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Epidemic Disease
   • Tormentor

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1. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease

2. pestnoun

   Synonyms:
   contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance

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1. pestnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "pest":

   pests, parasite, fjst, parasites, phytosanitary, parasitic, plague, vermin, insect, harmful, plant-health, beetle, bug

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pest":

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1. Manu Ginobili:

   Its just a mouse with wings, when you cant dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news. So thats what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didnt think it was a big deal. Im going to be retiring soon if anybody has a pest problem.

2. 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.

3. Curt Organt:

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

4. 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.

5. Anthony Shelton:

   We all live in the age of genetics, whether it be looking at your family tree or genetically engineering plants, we just know so much more about the genes in insects that we can now utilize this knowledge to control the pest populations in a much more environmentally friendly way and a much more sustainable way.