INSECTS Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word insects. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for INSECTS
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flies | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | ||||||||
ants | nounn | |||||||
noun • social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | ||||||||
bees | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species • a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions | ||||||||
beetles | nounn | |||||||
noun • insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings • a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing adjective satellite • jutting or overhanging verb • be suspended over or hang over • fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle • beat with a beetle | ||||||||
bugs | nounn | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
butterflies | nounn | |||||||
noun • diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings • a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down verb • flutter like a butterfly • cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | ||||||||
cicadas | nounn | |||||||
noun • stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | ||||||||
crickets | nounn | |||||||
noun • leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together • a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs verb • play cricket | ||||||||
dragonflies | nounn | |||||||
noun • slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | ||||||||
fleas | nounn | |||||||
noun • any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap | ||||||||
gnats | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies • (British usage) mosquito | ||||||||
grasshoppers | nounn | |||||||
noun • terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping • a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao) | ||||||||
hornets | nounn | |||||||
noun • large stinging paper wasp | ||||||||
ladybugs | nounn | |||||||
noun • small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | ||||||||
mosquitoes | nounn | |||||||
noun • A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever. | ||||||||
moths | nounn | |||||||
noun • typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | ||||||||
roaches | nounn | |||||||
noun • a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead • the butt of a marijuana cigarette • street names for flunitrazepam • any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests • European freshwater food fish having a greenish back verb • comb (hair) into a roach • cut the mane off (a horse) | ||||||||
spiders | nounn | |||||||
noun • predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey • a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine • a skillet made of cast iron | ||||||||
termites | nounn | |||||||
noun • whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | ||||||||
wasps | nounn | |||||||
noun • social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting • a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination | ||||||||