The locust made a big jump.
Source: tatoeba (50679)
Locust
/ˈloʊ.kəst/
Synonyms for "locust" (17 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: locust tree, acridid, black locust, carob tree, cricket.
- Sentence evidence is available for locust, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "locust".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "locust"
Keep "locust" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "locust" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "locust", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "locust" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
4 entriesAustralian plague locustdesert locusthoney locustmigratory locust
Collocations
6 entriesblack locustdesert locusthoney locustlocust bean gumlocust plaguelocust swarm
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
146 translations across 108 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- karkalec noun (type of grasshopper)
Amharic
1 entries- አንበጣ noun (type of grasshopper)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκρίς noun (type of grasshopper)
Arabic
4 entries- جراد noun (type of grasshopper)
- جرادة noun (type of grasshopper)
- جرادة noun (type of grasshopper)
- جَرَادَة noun (type of grasshopper)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܡܨܐ noun (type of grasshopper)
Armenian
1 entries- մորեխ noun (type of grasshopper)
Aromanian
4 entries- acridhã noun (type of grasshopper)
- gãlãgustã noun (type of grasshopper)
- lãcustã noun (type of grasshopper)
- scarcaletsu noun (type of grasshopper)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çəyirtkə noun (type of grasshopper)
Belarusian
2 entries- саранча́ noun (type of grasshopper)
- саранчу́к noun (type of grasshopper)
Bengali
1 entries- পঙ্গপাল noun (type of grasshopper)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скакале́ц noun (type of grasshopper)
Burmese
2 entries- ကျိုင် noun (type of grasshopper)
- ကျိုင်းကောင် noun (type of grasshopper)
Catalan
1 entries- llagosta noun (type of grasshopper)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کولە noun (type of grasshopper)
Chechen
1 entries- цӏоз noun (type of grasshopper)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎶᎶ noun (type of grasshopper)
Chinese
3 entries- хуончун noun (type of grasshopper)
- 草蜢 noun (type of grasshopper)
- 蝗蟲 /蝗虫 noun (type of grasshopper)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蝗蟲 /蝗虫 noun (type of grasshopper)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蝗蟲 /蝗虫 noun (type of grasshopper)
Czech
1 entries- saranče noun (type of grasshopper)
Danish
2 entries- græshoppe noun (type of grasshopper)
- vandregræshoppe noun (type of grasshopper)
Dutch
2 entries- sprinkhaan noun (type of grasshopper)
- treksprinkhaan noun (type of grasshopper)
Egyptian
1 entries- z:n-H-m-L4 noun (type of grasshopper)
Erzya
1 entries- таста noun (type of grasshopper)
Esperanto
2 entries- akrido noun (type of grasshopper)
- lokusto noun (type of grasshopper)
Estonian
1 entries- rändtirts noun (type of grasshopper)
Finnish
1 entries- kulkusirkka noun (type of grasshopper)
Fon
1 entries- gbokle noun (type of grasshopper)
French
2 entries- criquet noun (type of grasshopper)
- locuste noun (type of grasshopper)
Galician
2 entries- lagosta noun (type of grasshopper)
- langosta noun (type of grasshopper)
Georgian
1 entries- კალია noun (type of grasshopper)
German
2 entries- Heuschrecke noun (type of grasshopper)
- Wanderheuschrecke noun (type of grasshopper)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (type of grasshopper)
Greek
1 entries- ακρίδα noun (type of grasshopper)
Hausa
1 entries- fàra noun (type of grasshopper)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַרְבֶּה noun (type of grasshopper)
- חָגָב noun (type of grasshopper)
Hindi
1 entries- टिड्डी noun (type of grasshopper)
Hungarian
1 entries- sáska noun (type of grasshopper)
Ido
1 entries- lokusto noun (type of grasshopper)
Irish
1 entries- lócaiste noun (type of grasshopper)
Italian
1 entries- locusta noun (type of grasshopper)
Japanese
2 entries- イナゴ noun (type of grasshopper)
- 飛蝗 noun (type of grasshopper)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮಿಡತೆ noun (type of grasshopper)
Kapampangan
1 entries- durun noun (type of grasshopper)
Kazakh
1 entries- шегіртке noun (type of grasshopper)
Khmer
1 entries- កណ្ដូប noun (type of grasshopper)
Korean
1 entries- 메뚜기 noun (type of grasshopper)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чегиртке noun (type of grasshopper)
Lao
2 entries- ງ້ວງ noun (type of grasshopper)
- ຕັກແຕນ noun (type of grasshopper)
Latin
1 entries- locusta noun (type of grasshopper)
Latvian
1 entries- sisenis noun (type of grasshopper)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skėrys noun (type of grasshopper)
Macedonian
1 entries- скакулец noun (type of grasshopper)
Malagasy
1 entries- dongara noun (type of grasshopper)
Malay
1 entries- belalang noun (type of grasshopper)
Malayalam
1 entries- വെട്ടുകിളി noun (type of grasshopper)
Maltese
1 entries- ġurat noun (type of grasshopper)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠰᡝᠪᠰᡝᡥᡝᡵᡳ noun (type of grasshopper)
Mongolian
2 entries- голио noun (type of grasshopper)
- царцаахай noun (type of grasshopper)
Māori
3 entries- māwhitiwhiti noun (type of grasshopper)
- pākaurere noun (type of grasshopper)
- rangataua noun (type of grasshopper)
Navajo
2 entries- wóóneeshchʼįįdii noun (type of grasshopper)
- wóóneeshchʼįįdii nahachaʼígíí noun (type of grasshopper)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kulî noun (type of grasshopper)
- melex noun (type of grasshopper)
Norwegian
1 entries- gresshoppe noun (type of grasshopper)
Old English
2 entries- græshoppa noun (type of grasshopper)
- græsstapa noun (type of grasshopper)
Old High German
1 entries- hewispranga noun (type of grasshopper)
Old Javanese
1 entries- walaṅ noun (type of grasshopper)
Panamint
1 entries- tsapitta noun (type of grasshopper)
Pashto
1 entries- ملخ noun (type of grasshopper)
Persian
2 entries- ملخ noun (type of grasshopper)
- میگ noun (type of grasshopper)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Heischrakj noun (type of grasshopper)
Polish
1 entries- szarańcza noun (type of grasshopper)
Portuguese
1 entries- gafanhoto noun (type of grasshopper)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਟਿੱਡੀ noun (type of grasshopper)
Romanian
1 entries- lăcustă noun (type of grasshopper)
Russian
3 entries- сарана́ noun (type of grasshopper)
- саранча́ noun (type of grasshopper)
- саранчу́к noun (type of grasshopper)
Santali
1 entries- ᱯᱳᱦᱳ noun (type of grasshopper)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cvrčak noun (type of grasshopper)
- skakavac noun (type of grasshopper)
- zrikavac noun (type of grasshopper)
- зрикавац noun (type of grasshopper)
Slovak
1 entries- saranča noun (type of grasshopper)
Slovene
1 entries- kobilica noun (type of grasshopper)
Southern Sami
1 entries- kraesienjålhtja noun (type of grasshopper)
Spanish
3 entries- chapulín noun (type of grasshopper)
- langosta noun (type of grasshopper)
- tucura noun (type of grasshopper)
Swahili
1 entries- nzige noun (type of grasshopper)
Swedish
2 entries- gräshoppa noun (type of grasshopper)
- vandringsgräshoppa noun (type of grasshopper)
Tagalog
1 entries- balang noun (type of grasshopper)
Tajik
1 entries- малах noun (type of grasshopper)
Tamil
1 entries- வெட்டுக்கிளி noun (type of grasshopper)
Telugu
1 entries- మిడత noun (type of grasshopper)
Thai
1 entries- ปาทังกา noun (type of grasshopper)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཚ་ག་བ noun (type of grasshopper)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኣንበጣ noun (type of grasshopper)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śalāp noun (type of grasshopper)
Tswana
1 entries- tsie noun (type of grasshopper)
Turkish
1 entries- çekirge noun (type of grasshopper)
Turkmen
1 entries- çekirtge noun (type of grasshopper)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎛𐎗𐎁𐎊 noun (type of grasshopper)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сарана́ noun (type of grasshopper)
Urdu
1 entries- ٹڈی noun (type of grasshopper)
Uyghur
1 entries- چېكەتكە noun (type of grasshopper)
Uzbek
2 entries- chigirtka noun (type of grasshopper)
- malax noun (type of grasshopper)
Vietnamese
1 entries- châu chấu noun (type of grasshopper)
Welsh
2 entries- locust noun (type of grasshopper)
- locustiaid noun (type of grasshopper)
Western Apache
1 entries- nagonełchʼiigi noun (type of grasshopper)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- na lang na lang noun (type of grasshopper)
Wolof
1 entries- njéeréer bi noun (type of grasshopper)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 蝗蟲 /蝗虫 noun (type of grasshopper)
Yiddish
1 entries- היישעריק noun (type of grasshopper)
Zazaki
1 entries- mele (diq) noun (type of grasshopper)
Zhuang
1 entries- duzruemh noun (type of grasshopper)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
Source: tatoeba (448219)
That's not a locust, that's a grasshopper!
Source: tatoeba (2417859)
The Spanish word "langosta" can mean either "lobster" or "locust".
Source: tatoeba (4645234)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "locust"?
Closest matches include locust tree, acridid, black locust, carob tree, cricket.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "locust"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.