Worm

//wɜːm//

Synonyms for "worm" (162 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

writhe amble angleworm animal armyworm bad lot beast blast blight blighter bollworm bookworm cancer canker claudicate contort corkscrew cotton worm crawl creep

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crinkle cur dog dogtrot drag drag along drag out dry rot earthworm earworm

Noun(3 words)

bastard dirt ball dragon

Strong matches (48)

edge edge in fireworm fishworm foist fungus go dead slow go on tiptoe go slow grovel gumshoe heel helminth hobble hound hyena idle inch inch along inchworm

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infiltrate insect insinuate intort jog-trot laze leech limp looper lowlife meander measuring worm mildew mold mongrel mosey moth moth and rust mould moulder mouldy mucker must

Noun(5 words)

fucker git insect louse nark

Related words (81)

nematode night crawler nightwalk nightwalker no-good pad pest pig poke poke along polecat prowl pussyfoot reptile rot rust saunter scallop scrabble scramble

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Noun(3 words)

scurvy scut slag

Verb(5 words)

squirm twist wrestle wriggle writhe

Phrase(1 words)

write once, read many

Related word relations

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

11 relation types

More general

6 entries

disagreeable person invertebrate malevolent program move screw unpleasant person

Synonyms

1 entries

writhe

Related terms

11 entries

RAM ROM Trojan horse caterpillar grub lumbricine maggot vermian vermiform virus write once

at location

2 entries

bottle of tequila end of line

capable of

2 entries

crawl down street turn into buterfly

derived

290 entries

Asian jumping worm Bobbit worm Christmas tree worm Gordian worm Grindal worm Guinea worm disease Mongolian death worm Moser's worm problem Pompeii worm Wormworld Y worm anchor worm angleworm antiworm apple worm army worm

Showing 16 of 290 words.

derived from

1 entries

read

has context

7 entries

anatomy computing cricket fantasy math nautical science fiction

is a

7 entries

animal invertebrate malevolent program malicious computer program malware screw unpleasant person

part of

2 entries

corkscrew worm gear

related to

106 entries

acorn worm afflict animal annelid artful ask bait cartridge caterpillar clean contemptible contline crawl crawler creature devious

Showing 16 of 106 words.

Translations

406 translations across 194 languages.

Abenaki

2 entries

skoks noun (animal)
skoksis noun (animal)

Acehnese

1 entries

ulat noun (animal)

Adyghe

2 entries

хьамлыу noun (animal)
хьэблыу noun (animal)

Afrikaans

1 entries

wurm noun (animal)

Ainu

1 entries

キキㇼ noun (animal)

Albanian

1 entries

krimb noun (animal)

Alutor

1 entries

энгам noun (animal)

Amharic

1 entries

ትል noun (animal)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

σκώληξ noun (animal)
ἕλμινς noun (animal)
ἕλμις noun (animal)

Arabic

4 entries

دود noun (animal)
دود noun (animal)
دودة noun (animal)
دودة noun (animal)

Armenian

4 entries

ճիճու noun (animal)
ճիճու noun (contemptible being)
ոչնչություն noun (contemptible being)
որդ noun (animal)

Aromanian

1 entries

yermu noun (animal)

Asturian

2 entries

guxán noun (animal)
vérbene noun (animal)

Atayal

1 entries

bisuw noun (animal)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

qurd noun (animal)
soxulcan noun (animal)

Bashkir

2 entries

селәүсен noun (animal)
ҡорт noun (animal)

Basque

4 entries

arr noun (animal)
beldar noun (animal)
har noun (animal)
zizare noun (animal)

Belarusian

1 entries

чарвя́к noun (animal)

Bengali

1 entries

কীট noun (animal)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

कीड़ा noun (animal)

Breton

1 entries

preñv noun (animal)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

cacing noun (animal)

Budukh

1 entries

чич noun (animal)

Bulgarian

4 entries

драко́н noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
жа́лко същество́ noun (contemptible being)
него́дник noun (contemptible being)
че́рвей noun (animal)

Burmese

2 entries

တီကောင် noun (animal)
သန်ကောင် noun (animal)

Catalan

1 entries

cuc noun (animal)

Cebuano

1 entries

ulod noun (animal)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کرم noun (animal)

Chamicuro

1 entries

keni noun (animal)

Chechen

1 entries

нӏаьна noun (animal)

Chickasaw

1 entries

hayowani' noun (animal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

蠕蟲 /蠕虫 noun (animal)
蠕蟲 /蠕虫 noun (self-replicating program)

Church Slavic

3 entries

глиста noun (animal)
чрьвь noun (animal)
ⱍⱃⱐⰲⱐ noun (animal)

Chuvash

1 entries

хурт noun (animal)

Cornish

2 entries

prev noun (animal)
pryv noun (animal)

Czech

4 entries

závit noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
červ noun (animal)
červ noun (contemptible being)
červ noun (self-replicating program)

Danish

4 entries

drage noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
orm noun (animal)
orm noun (self-replicating program)
orm noun (dragon or mythological serpent)

Dari

1 entries

کِرْم noun (animal)

Daur

1 entries

xorgw noun (animal)

Dutch

4 entries

draad noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
mormel noun (contemptible being)
pier noun (animal)
schroef noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Egyptian

1 entries

f:n:T-I14 noun (animal)

Erzya

1 entries

сукс noun (animal)

Esperanto

2 entries

vermo noun (animal)
serpentumi verb (to make one's way with a crawling motion)

Estonian

1 entries

uss noun (animal)

Finnish

4 entries

jengat noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
kierre noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
käärme noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
luihu noun (contemptible being)

French

4 entries

dragon noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
remords noun (internal tormentor)
scarabée noun (contemptible being)
ver noun (animal)

Friulian

1 entries

vier noun (animal)

Galician

3 entries

lombriga noun (animal)
miñoca noun (animal)
verme noun (animal)

Georgian

3 entries

ჭია noun (animal)
ჭია noun (self-replicating program)
ჭია-ვირუსი noun (self-replicating program)

German

4 entries

Gewinde noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
Lindwurm noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
Wurm noun (animal)
Wurm noun (self-replicating program)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 noun (animal)
𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 noun (animal)

Greek

3 entries

σκουλήκι noun (animal)
σκουλήκι noun (contemptible being)
σκουλήκι noun (self-replicating program)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

ve noun (animal)

Hassaniya Arabic

1 entries

دود noun (animal)

Hausa

1 entries

tsūtsā̀ noun (animal)

Hebrew

2 entries

נִבְזֶה noun (contemptible being)
תּוֹלַעַת noun (animal)

Higaonon

1 entries

olod noun (animal)

Hindi

3 entries

किर्म noun (animal)
कीड़ा noun (animal)
पोका noun (animal)

Hungarian

4 entries

csavarmenet noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
féreg noun (animal)
féreg noun (contemptible being)
féreg noun (self-replicating program)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Worrem noun (animal)

Icelandic

2 entries

maðkur noun (animal)
ormur noun (animal)

Indonesian

1 entries

cacing noun (animal)

Ingush

1 entries

нӏана noun (animal)

Interlingua

1 entries

verme noun (animal)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

کِرْم noun (animal)

Iraqi Arabic

2 entries

دود noun (animal)
سلبوح noun (animal)

Irish

4 entries

cruimh noun (animal)
cuideog noun (animal)
péist noun (animal)
péist noun (contemptible being)

Italian

4 entries

drago noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
miserabile noun (contemptible being)
verme noun (animal)
verme noun (self-replicating program)

Japanese

3 entries

ワーム noun (animal)
蚯蚓 noun (animal)
蠕虫 noun (animal)

Javanese

1 entries

cacing noun (animal)

Kabardian

2 entries

хьэмбылыу noun (animal)
хьэпӏацӏэ noun (animal)

Kannada

2 entries

ಹುಳು noun (animal)
ಹುಳು noun (contemptible being)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

къурт noun (animal)

Kazakh

1 entries

құрт noun (animal)

Khmer

1 entries

ដង្កូវ noun (animal)

Kongo

1 entries

muntudia noun (animal)

Korean

3 entries

버러지 noun (contemptible being)
벌레 noun (animal)
짐승 noun (contemptible being)

Kryts

1 entries

çiç noun (animal)

Kumyk

1 entries

хурт noun (animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

курт noun (animal)

Ladino

1 entries

guzano noun (animal)

Lao

2 entries

ຂີ້ກະເດືອນ noun (animal)
ຫນອນ noun (animal)

Latgalian

2 entries

tuorpeņš noun (animal)
tuorps noun (animal)

Latin

1 entries

vermis noun (animal)

Latvian

1 entries

tārps noun (animal)

Laz

1 entries

წიწი noun (animal)

Lingala

1 entries

monkusu noun (animal)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kirmėlė noun (animal)

Low German

4 entries

Gewinn noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
Worm noun (animal)
Worm noun (animal)
Worm noun (self-replicating program)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

cerw noun (animal)
wužeńc noun (animal)

Lushootseed

1 entries

sʔuləč̓ noun (animal)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Mued noun (animal)
Wuerm noun (animal)

Macedonian

1 entries

црв noun (animal)

Malagasy

1 entries

kankana noun (animal)

Malay

1 entries

cacing noun (animal)

Malayalam

1 entries

പുഴു noun (animal)

Maltese

1 entries

dudu noun (animal)

Mangghuer

1 entries

zhuolian khuerghai noun (animal)

Mansaka

1 entries

orod noun (animal)

Manx

1 entries

beishteig noun (animal)

Mapudungun

1 entries

piru noun (animal)

Maranao

1 entries

oled noun (animal)

Mazanderani

1 entries

اجیک noun (animal)

Mohegan-Pequot

1 entries

ohq noun (animal)

Mongghul

1 entries

huarighii noun (animal)

Mongolian

2 entries

хорхой noun (animal)
өт noun (animal)

Māori

2 entries

noke noun (animal)
toke noun (animal)

Nahuatl

1 entries

ocuilin noun (animal)

Navajo

1 entries

chʼosh noun (animal)

Neapolitan

1 entries

vierme noun (animal)

Nivkh

2 entries

чхевр̌ noun (animal)
ӽар̌ noun (animal)

Norman

1 entries

vèr noun (animal)

North Frisian

1 entries

wörem noun (animal)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

kirm noun (animal)
kurm noun (animal)

Northern Yukaghir

1 entries

көдьэ noun (animal)

Norwegian

3 entries

kravle verb (to move with one's body dragging the ground)
krype verb (to move with one's body dragging the ground)
åle verb (to move with one's body dragging the ground)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

mark noun (animal)
orm noun (animal)
orm noun (contemptible being)
orm noun (self-replicating program)

Occitan

2 entries

vèrm noun (animal)
vèrm noun (contemptible being)

Odia

1 entries

କୃମି noun (animal)

Ojibwe

1 entries

moose noun (animal)

Old Armenian

1 entries

որդն noun (animal)

Old Czech

1 entries

črv noun (animal)

Old English

1 entries

wyrm noun (animal)

Old Irish

1 entries

cruim noun (animal)

Oromo

1 entries

rammoo noun (animal)

Ossetian

1 entries

калм noun (animal)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

صوغلجان noun (animal)
قورت noun (animal)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

хлїста noun (animal)
хробак noun (animal)

Pashto

2 entries

چومجى noun (animal)
چينجى noun (animal)

Piedmontese

1 entries

verm noun (animal)

Pipil

1 entries

kwilin noun (animal)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Worm (nds) noun (animal)

Polabian

2 entries

godĕk noun (animal)
modĕk noun (animal)

Polish

4 entries

czerw noun (animal)
robak noun (animal)
robak noun (self-replicating program)
smok noun (dragon or mythological serpent)

Portuguese

4 entries

minhoca noun (animal)
miserável noun (contemptible being)
patife noun (contemptible being)
serpe noun (dragon or mythological serpent)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਸੁੰਡੀ noun (animal)

Quechua

1 entries

kuru noun (animal)

Romani

1 entries

kirmo noun (animal)

Romanian

4 entries

balaur noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
râmă noun (animal)
vierme noun (animal)
vierme noun (contemptible being)

Romansch

3 entries

vearm noun (animal)
verm noun (animal)
vierm noun (animal)

Russian

4 entries

глист noun (animal)
драко́н noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
негодя́й noun (contemptible being)
негодя́йка noun (contemptible being)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कृमि noun (animal)

Sardinian

2 entries

belme noun (animal)
solde noun (animal)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Wuurm noun (animal)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

baoiteag noun (animal)
biastag noun (animal)
boiteag noun (animal)
brutag noun (animal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cȓv noun (animal)
cȓv noun (contemptible being)
cȓv noun (self-replicating program)
glísta noun (animal)

Sherpa

1 entries

འབུ noun (animal)

Sicilian

2 entries

mischinu noun (contemptible being)
vemmu noun (animal)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පණු noun (animal)

Slovak

1 entries

červ noun (animal)

Slovene

2 entries

črv noun (animal)
črv noun (self-replicating program)

Sotho

1 entries

seboko noun (animal)

Southern Altai

1 entries

курт noun (animal)

Spanish

4 entries

alimaña noun (contemptible being)
cucaracha noun (contemptible being)
filete noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
guirnalda noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

woron noun (animal)

Sundanese

1 entries

cacing noun (animal)

Swahili

1 entries

funza class ji/ma noun (animal)

Swedish

4 entries

drake noun (dragon or mythological serpent)
kräk noun (contemptible being)
mask noun (animal)
mask noun (self-replicating program)

Tajik

1 entries

кирм noun (animal)

Tamil

1 entries

புழு noun (animal)

Taos

1 entries

pʼȍwàyaʼána noun (animal)

Tarantino

1 entries

vijèrme noun (animal)

Tariana

1 entries

hení-si noun (animal)

Tatar

1 entries

суалчан noun (animal)

Tausug

1 entries

ud noun (animal)

Telugu

1 entries

పురుగు noun (animal)

Tetum

1 entries

ular noun (animal)

Thai

1 entries

หนอน noun (animal)

Tibetan

3 entries

འབུ noun (animal)
སྲིན noun (animal)
སྲིན་བུ noun (animal)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሓሰኻ noun (animal)

Tlingit

1 entries

tl'úk'x noun (animal)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yel noun (animal)

Tooro

1 entries

omuniongorozi class 3 noun (animal)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries

دودة noun (animal)

Turkish

2 entries

kurt noun (animal)
solucan noun (animal)

Turkmen

2 entries

gurçuk noun (animal)
möjek noun (animal)

Udmurt

1 entries

нумыр noun (animal)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎚𐎍𐎓 noun (animal)

Ukrainian

4 entries

негідник noun (contemptible being)
хроба́к noun (animal)
черв noun (animal)
черв'я́к noun (animal)

Unami

1 entries

hupèxkw noun (animal)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

čerw noun (animal)

Urdu

3 entries

پوکا noun (animal)
کِرْم noun (animal)
کِیڑا noun (animal)

Uyghur

1 entries

قۇرت noun (animal)

Uzbek

1 entries

qurt noun (animal)

Venetan

4 entries

bigat noun (animal)
budèl noun (animal)
vèrme noun (animal)
vèrmen noun (animal)

Vietnamese

2 entries

giun noun (animal)
trùn noun (animal)

Vilamovian

1 entries

wüm noun (animal)

Volapük

2 entries

vum noun (animal)
vumem noun (animal)

Welsh

4 entries

(intestinal) llyngyren noun (animal)
abwydyn noun (animal)
mwydyn noun (animal)
pryf genwair noun (animal)

Yakut

1 entries

үөн noun (animal)

Yiddish

1 entries

וואָרעם noun (animal)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

nook'ol noun (animal)

Zealandic

1 entries

wurm noun (animal)

Zulu

1 entries

isibungu noun (animal)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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The early bird catches the worm.

Source: tatoeba (2348)

Even the smallest worm will turn if trodden on.

Source: tatoeba (18862)

The worm turns.

Source: tatoeba (27598)

Some people say stepping on a worm makes it rain.

Source: tatoeba (32233)

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