INSECT Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word insect. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word insect. (close relations)

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	bug				verb, nounv, n
	noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
	arthropod				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
	creature				nounn
	noun • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement • a living being • a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
	creepy-crawly				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) adjective satellite • causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
	critter				nounn
	noun • a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
	pest				nounn
	noun • 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 • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a persistently annoying person • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
	vermin				nounn
	noun • an irritating or obnoxious person • any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
	louse				nounn
	noun • wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect • any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants • wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
	worm				nounn
	noun • 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 • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect • a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network • screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack verb • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
	dirt ball				nounn
	noun • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

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