What is another word for insect?
216 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈɪnsɛkt], [ ˈɪnsɛkt], [ ˈɪ_n_s_ɛ_k_t]Table of Contents
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Definition for Insect:
- A small animal, being one of a class of articulated animals, with a body composed of three distinct parts, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen; anything small or contemptible.
Synonyms for Insect:
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- arachnid.
- animal,
- carnivore,
- reptile,
- canine,
- invertebrate,
- amphibian,
- fish,
- wildlife,
- ruminant,
- mammal,
- feline,
- herbivore,
- bird,
- vermin,
- livestock,
- brute,
- marsupial.
- bumblebee,
- praying mantis,
- stinkbug,
- louse,
- firefly,
- earwig,
- dragonfly,
- gnat,
- scarab,
- caterpillar,
- daddy longlegs,
- beetle,
- katydid,
- millipede,
- arthropod,
- ladybug,
- aphid,
- mantis,
- hornet,
- silverfish,
- butterfly,
- yellowjacket,
- cootie,
- fruit fly,
- cricket,
- bee,
- spider,
- wasp,
- fly,
- moth,
- cockroach,
- grasshopper,
- yellow jacket,
- lacewing,
- stone fly,
- springtail,
- cicada.
Other synonyms:
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- tick.
- cockchafer,
- imago,
- cicala,
- grain of sand,
- inadequate,
- casual,
- snake,
- fleeting,
- limited,
- light,
- aphis,
- little,
- Dobson Fly,
- Microzoa,
- Chilopod,
- mollusk,
- barleycorn,
- scorpion,
- illness,
- drosophila,
- tit,
- varmint,
- nymph,
- midge,
- small,
- Hymenopterous Insect,
- pig,
- Insects,
- snippersnapper,
- narrow,
- grub,
- twerp,
- hyena,
- ephemeral,
- tiger moth,
- miller,
- bluebottle,
- insignificant,
- infusoria,
- polecat,
- tarantula,
- error,
- damselfly,
- animalcule,
- microorganism,
- gadfly,
- germ,
- lady beetle,
- hound,
- molehill,
- gallfly,
- swine,
- borer,
- Syrphus fly,
- vain,
- fragile,
- emmet,
- skunk,
- button,
- creepy-crawly,
- locust,
- runt,
- pupa,
- bird louse,
- sucking louse,
- small fry,
- chigoe,
- dog,
- harvestman,
- wood tick,
- ladybird,
- Chafer,
- mayfly,
- dwarf,
- larva,
- tomtit,
- nullity,
- serpent,
- walkingstick,
- entozoon,
- glowworm,
- millepede,
- monad,
- plant louse,
- bacteria,
- helminth,
- slight,
- shellfish,
- maggot,
- crustacean,
- minnow,
- disease,
- whelp,
- jigger,
- zilch,
- nobody,
- squash bug,
- young,
- viper,
- Curculio,
- dung beetle,
- petty,
- cur,
- short,
- roach,
- tumblebug,
- bubble,
- brief,
- lantern fly,
- Phytozoaria,
- fine,
- Cicadas,
- rice weevil,
- hymenopter,
- stag beetle,
- deer fly,
- caddis fly,
- imperceptible,
- weevil,
- biting louse,
- whippersnapper,
- Insignificancy,
- assassin bug,
- mustard seed,
- tsetse fly,
- water bug,
- tsetse,
- cramped,
- microbe,
- Diplopod,
- minor,
- mouse,
- mole cricket,
- mongrel,
- crane fly,
- Hexapod,
- shrimp,
- ephemerid,
- mealworm,
- homopterous insect,
- remote,
- glitch,
- pebble,
- kissing bug.
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Antonyms for Insect:
Holonyms for Insect:
n.
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animal
arthropoda, cloud, Phylum Arthropoda, swarm.
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animal
Hypernym for Insect:
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animal
dipteran, Heteropterous Insect, stone fly, hemipteran, thysanopteron, odonate, white ant, hymenopteron, telsontail, thysanuron, collembolan, Hemipterous Insect, ephemeral, lepidopteron, leaf-miner, two-winged insects, hymenopteran, dipteron, earwig, proturan, trichopteron, plecopteran, beetle, termite, flea, ephemeropteran, neuropteron, pollinator, web spinner, Neuropterous Insect, ephemerid, neuropteran, stonefly, defoliator, bug, thysanopter, bird louse, Phasmid Insect, Holometabola, lepidopteran, mecopteran, sucking louse, Hymenopterous Insect, Thysanuran Insect, social insect, Orthopterous Insect, trichopteran, Thysanopterous Insect, phasmid, pupa, Dictyopterous Insect, hymenopter, homopterous insect, hemipteron, Metabola, leaf miner, gallfly, biting louse, Ephemeron, Trichopterous Insect, worker, imago, louse, dipterous insect, homopteran, springtail, Psocopterous Insect, orthopteran, Lepidopterous Insect, orthopteron, queen.
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animal
Hyponym for Insect:
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animal
arthropod.
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