Dictionary Definition
insect
Noun
1 small air-breathing arthropod
2 a person who has a nasty or unethical character
undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, dirt
ball]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Noun
- An arthropod in
the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
- Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.
- A contemptible or powerless person.
- The manager's assistant was the worst sort of insect.
Synonyms
- bug (Colloquial 1,2)
Related terms
Translations
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 昆虫 (kunchong)
- Bosnian: insekt , buba
- Breton: amprevan -ed p (1,3)
- Catalan: insecte
- Cherokee: ᏍᎪᏱ (sgoyi)
- Croatian: insekt, kukac
- Czech: hmyz (1,2)
- Danish: insekt
- Dutch: insect (1), nietsnut (3)
- Esperanto: insekto
- Estonian: putukas
- Finnish: hyönteinen, itikka (colloquial) (1); itikka (3)
- French: insecte (1,3)
- German: Insekt
- Greek: έντομο (éntomo)
- trreq Hebrew
- Hindi: कीड़ा (kī.da)
- Hungarian: rovar (1)
- Ido: insekto
- Interlingua: insecto (1,3)
- Italian: insetto
- Japanese: 昆虫 (こんちゅう) (mushi), 虫 (むし)
- Lithuanian: vabzdys
- Lojban: cinki
- Maltese: insett
- Marathi: कीडा (kīda)
- Mongolian: шавьж
- Norwegian: insekt
- Polish: owad (1), robak (2), zero (3)
- Portuguese: inseto (1,3)
- Romanian: insectă (1)
- Russian: насекомое
- Serbian: buba, kukac
- Slovene: žuželka (1), insekt (1)
- Spanish: insecto
- Swahili: mdudu
- Swedish: insekt (1)
- Telugu: పురుగు (purugu), కీటకం (keeTakaM)
- Tagalog: insekto (1)
- Turkish: böcek (1), haşere (2)
- Ukrainian: комаха
- Urdu: (ki.dā)
- Vietnamese: sâu bọ, côn trùng
Anagrams
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Lepisma, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, animal, ant, aphid, aphis, arachnid, arthropod, assassin bug,
beast, bedbug, bee, beetle, bluebottle, borer, bug, butterfly, caddis fly,
caterpillar,
centipede, chafer, chigoe, chilopod, cicada, cicala, cockchafer, cockroach, crane fly, cricket, cucumber flea beetle,
cur, curculio, daddy longlegs,
damselfly, deer fly,
diplopod, dobson fly,
dog, dragonfly, drosophila, dung beetle,
earwig, ephemerid, firefly, flea, fly, gadfly, glowworm, gnat, grain weevil, grasshopper, harvestman, hexapod, hornet, hound, hyena, jigger, katydid, kissing bug, lacewing, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybug, lantern fly, larva, locust, louse, maggot, mantis, mayfly, mealworm, midge, millepede, miller, millipede, mite, mole cricket, mongrel, mosquito, moth, nymph, pig, polecat, reptile, rice weevil, roach, scarab, scorpion, serpent, silverfish, skunk, snake, spider, springtail, squash bug, stag
beetle, stinkbug, stone
fly, swine, syrphus fly,
tarantula, termite, tick, tiger moth, tsetse fly,
tumblebug, varmint, vermin, viper, walkingstick, wasp, water bug, weevil, whelp, wood tick, worm, yellow jacket