Insect

//ˈɪn.sɛkt//

Synonyms for "insect" (135 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

bug worm animal ant aphid aphis arachnid arthropod assassin bug beast bedbug bee beetle bluebottle borer butterfly caddis fly caterpillar centipede chafer

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chigoe chilopod chilopoda chordata cicada

Noun(2 words)

bastard bug

Strong matches (41)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

8 entries

animal arthropod bug creature critter disagreeable person invertebrate unpleasant person

More specific

70 entries

ant antlion aphid barklouse bee beetle blackfly booklouse botfly bug butterfly caddisfly caterpillar chafer chigger cockroach

Showing 16 of 70 words.

Synonyms

2 entries

bug worm

Related terms

10 entries

:Category:Insects arachnid arthropod beetle bug chafer coleopter entomology larva worm

at location

3 entries

ground leaf pond

coordinate

2 entries

arachnid spider

derived

45 entries

Lord Howe Island stick insect Persian insect powder angel insect antiinsect beneficial insect coral insect deinsectization disinsect fig insect ghost insect insect hotel insect house insect powder insect repellent insect screen insectageddon

Showing 16 of 45 words.

has a

1 entries

6 legs

has context

1 entries

derogatory

is a

5 entries

animal arthropod creature living creature vermin

not desires

1 entries

squashed

related to

42 entries

animal arachnid arthropod beetle bug bug animal bugs centipede chafer chitin coleopter contemptible describing describing group entomology exoskeleton

Showing 16 of 42 words.

Translations

257 translations across 143 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

insek noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Albanian

2 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kandërr noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Amharic

1 entries

ነፍሳት noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἔντομον noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
ἔντομον noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Arabic

3 entries

حشرة noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
حشرة noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
حَشَرَة noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Armenian

1 entries

միջատ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Assamese

1 entries

পোক noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Asturian

1 entries

inseutu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

böcək noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
cücü noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
həşərat noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Bashkir

2 entries

бөжәк noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
бөжәк noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Basque

2 entries

intsektu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
zomorro noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Belarusian

4 entries

вуся́к noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
гмыз noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
казу́рка noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
насяко́мае noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Bengali

1 entries

পোকা noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

कीड़ा noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Breton

2 entries

amprevan noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
amprevan noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Bulgarian

3 entries

инсе́кт noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
насеко́мо noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
нищо́жество noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Burmese

2 entries

ပိုး noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
အင်းဆက် noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

babballotti noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries

хро́бач noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
хроба́к noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Catalan

1 entries

insecte noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries

حشراي noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chamicuro

1 entries

sokajsu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chechen

3 entries

сагалмат noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
сагалхӏума noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
садолу хӏума noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏍᎪᏱ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chinese

4 entries

чун noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
чунчунзы noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
чунчур noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
昆蟲 /昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

昆蟲 /昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
蟲 /虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

昆蟲 /昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
蟲 /虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
蟲子 /虫子 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Chukchi

1 entries

кээрэчьын noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Cornish

1 entries

hweskeren noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

aşer noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
böcek noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Czech

2 entries

hmyz noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
hmyz noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Danish

1 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Dari

1 entries

حَشَرَه noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Dutch

3 entries

insect noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kerfdier noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
nietsnut noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries

蟲囝 /虫囝 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
蟲蟻 /虫蚁 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Esperanto

1 entries

insekto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Estonian

1 entries

putukas noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Faroese

1 entries

skordýr noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Finnish

4 entries

hyönteinen noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
nilviäinen noun (contemptible or powerless person)
öttiäinen noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
ötökkä noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries

ensècto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

French

1 entries

insecte noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Galician

1 entries

insecto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Georgian

1 entries

მწერი noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

German

3 entries

Insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
Kerbtier noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
Kerf noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Greek

1 entries

έντομο noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

ensèk noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

昆蟲 /昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
蟲仔 /虫仔 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Hawaiian

1 entries

mea kolo noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Hebrew

1 entries

חֶרֶק noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Hindi

3 entries

कीट noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
कीड़ा noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
पोका noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Hungarian

1 entries

rovar noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Icelandic

1 entries

skordýr noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Ido

1 entries

insekto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Indonesian

1 entries

serangga noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Ingrian

1 entries

sikiäin noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Interlingua

2 entries

insecto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
insecto noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

حَشَرِه noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Irish

1 entries

feithid noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Italian

1 entries

insetto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Japanese

2 entries

昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
虫 noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Javanese

2 entries

angga-angga noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
walang noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Jeju

1 entries

버렝이 noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Kaitag

1 entries

бижбижи́ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕೀಟ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Kashmiri

1 entries

کیٛۆم noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Kazakh

4 entries

бунақдене noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
жәндік noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
шыбын-шіркей noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
құрт-құмырсқа noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Khmer

1 entries

សត្វល្អិត noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Korean

4 entries

곤충 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
버러지 noun (contemptible or powerless person)
벌레 noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
벌레 noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

курт-кумурска noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
чымын-чиркей noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Lao

1 entries

ແມງໄມ້ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Latgalian

1 entries

kustūneits noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Latin

1 entries

īnsectum noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Latvian

3 entries

insekts noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kukainis noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kukainis noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vabzdys noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Macedonian

2 entries

гнида noun (contemptible or powerless person)
инсект noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Malagasy

1 entries

bibikely noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Malay

1 entries

serangga noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Malayalam

4 entries

കീടം noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
കീടം noun (contemptible or powerless person)
പ്രാണി noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
പ്രാണി noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Maltese

1 entries

insett noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Manx

1 entries

beisteig noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Marathi

1 entries

किडा noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Mi'kmaq

4 entries

juji'ji'j noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
juji'ji'j noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
jujij noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
jujij noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Mon

1 entries

ထၟ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Mongolian

4 entries

хорхой noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
шавж noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
шавьж noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
шавьж хорхой noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Māori

3 entries

haukituri noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
mū noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
pēpeke noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Nahuatl

1 entries

yolkatsin noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Nanai

2 entries

колан noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
колан noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Navajo

2 entries

chʼosh noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
chʼosh bijáád hastání noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

kêz noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Occitan

1 entries

insècte noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Odia

1 entries

କୀଟ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Old English

1 entries

pēo noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

بوجك noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
بوجك noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
حشره noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
حشره noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

инсект noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Pashto

2 entries

حشره noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
خزنده noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Pawnee

2 entries

pahuks noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
piiruus noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Polish

4 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
owad noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
robak noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
zero noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Portuguese

4 entries

bichinho noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
inseto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
inseto noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
inseto noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Romanian

3 entries

insectă noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
nimeni noun (contemptible or powerless person)
zero noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Russian

4 entries

бука́шка noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
бука́шка noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
гни́да noun (contemptible or powerless person)
козя́вка noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Sanskrit

1 entries

जन्तु noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Sardinian

3 entries

babbautzu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
babboi noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
cerpiu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

biastag noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
biastag noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
frìde noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
frìde noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bȕba noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kúkac noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
ìnsekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
бу̏ба noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries

bebet noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Sicilian

2 entries

insettu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
nzettu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Slovak

1 entries

hmyz noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Slovene

2 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
žuželka noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Spanish

2 entries

bicho noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
insecto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Swahili

1 entries

mdudu noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Swedish

1 entries

insekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠙꠥꠇ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tagalog

1 entries

insekto noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tajik

1 entries

ҳашара noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tamil

1 entries

பூச்சி noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tarifit

1 entries

abeɛɛuš noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tatar

1 entries

бөҗәк noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Telugu

2 entries

కీటకం noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
పురుగు noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Thai

1 entries

แมลง noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tibetan

2 entries

འབུ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
འབུ་སྲིན noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሓሽራ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tongan

1 entries

ʻinisēkite noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Tooro

1 entries

ekihuka class 7 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Turkish

4 entries

böcek noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
böcek noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
haşere noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
haşere noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Turkmen

1 entries

möjek noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Ukrainian

3 entries

кома́ха noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
кома́шка noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
хроба́к noun (contemptible or powerless person)

Urdu

2 entries

حَشَرَہ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
کِیڑا noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Uyghur

1 entries

ھاشارەت noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Uzbek

1 entries

hasharot noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Veps

1 entries

gaved noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Vietnamese

2 entries

côn trùng noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
sâu bọ noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Volapük

1 entries

näsäk noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Welsh

4 entries

pryf noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
pryf noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)
pryfyn noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
trychfil noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

West-Frisian

1 entries

ynsekt noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

White Hmong

1 entries

kab noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Wolof

1 entries

gunóor noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

昆蟲 /昆虫 noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Yiddish

1 entries

אינזעקט noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Yoruba

2 entries

kòkòrò noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
kòkòrò noun (colloquial: any small arthropod)

Yámana

1 entries

wankara noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

Zazaki

2 entries

heserat noun (arthropod of class Insecta)
xezende noun (arthropod of class Insecta)

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Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.

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The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.

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They are nature's laboratory for all kinds of plant, animal and insect life.

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Insect

Synonyms for "insect" (135 found)

Closest matches (27)

Strong matches (41)

Related words (67)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

coordinate

derived

has a

has context

is a

not desires

related to

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Campidanese Sardinian

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Chadian Arabic

Chamicuro

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chukchi

Cornish

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

Franco-Provençal

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese