Worm

/wɜːm/

Synonyms for "worm" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

amble angleworm animal armywormbad lotbeast blast blight blighter bollworm bookworm cancer canker claudicate contort corkscrewcotton wormcrawl creep crinkle

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cur dog dogtrot dragdrag alongdrag outdry rotearthworm earworm

Noun(6 words)

angleworms chenille creepdirt balldragon earthworm

Strong matches (51)

edgeedge infireworm fishworm foist fungusgo dead slowgo on tiptoego slowgrovel gumshoe heel helminth hobble hound hyena idle inchinch alonginchworm

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infiltrate insect insinuate intort jog-trot laze leech limp looper lowlife meandermeasuring wormmildew mold mongrel mosey mothmoth and rustmould moulder mouldy mucker must nematodenight crawler

Noun(6 words)

elicit extract git insect louse malware

Related words (85)

nightwalk nightwalker no-good pad pest pig pokepoke alongpolecat prowl pussyfoot reptile rot rust saunter scallop scrabble scramble screw serpent

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serpentineshuffle alongsidle silkworm skunk slink smut snake sneak squiggle squirmstagger alongstealsteal alongstroll struggle swine swirl tapeworm tippytoe tiptoe toddletoddle alongtottertotter alongtraipse turn tussah twine twirl twisttwist and turnvarmint vermin viper waddle walk webworm whelp whirl whorl wiggle wind wireworm woodwormwork inworm alongwretch wring writhe

Noun(9 words)

pryscrew gearslither snake squirmer threadvermicompost wormworm gearwriggle

Verb(6 words)

slithered squirm twist wrestle wriggle writhe

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

animalcomputer threatdisagreeable personinvertebratemachine partmalevolent programmalwaremechanical componentmotion moveobtain informationorganism passage screwunpleasant person

More specific

15 entries

crawl creep earthworm elicitemail wormfile infectorflatworm nematodenetwork wormpry snaking tapeworm threadworm driveworm screw

Collocations

12 entries

bookworm earthwormintestinal wormworm aroundworm castingsworm gearworm intoworm one's wayworm out ofworm throughworm through the crowdwormhole

Inflections

3 entries

wormed worming worms

Derivations

4 entries

wormed worminess worming wormlike

Translations

13 translations across 9 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

шнек noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Czech

1 entries

závit noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Dutch

2 entries

draad noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
schroef noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Finnish

2 entries

jengat noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
kierre noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

French

1 entries

vis sans fin noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

German

1 entries

Gewinde noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Hungarian

1 entries

csavarmenet noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Low German

1 entries

Gewinn noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Spanish

3 entries

filete noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
guirnalda noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
rosca noun (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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The early bird catches the worm.

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Even the smallest worm will turn if trodden on.

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The worm turns.

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Some people say stepping on a worm makes it rain.

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