beetle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

Synonyms

• beetle

More generic

• insect

More specific

• Anoplophora glabripennis
• Asian longhorned beetle
• Xestobium rufovillosum
• bark beetle
• blister beetle
• carabid beetle
• carpet beetle
• carpet bug
• chrysomelid
• clerid
• clerid beetle
• deathwatch
• deathwatch beetle
• elater
• elaterid
• elaterid beetle
• firefly
• ground beetle
• lady beetle
• ladybeetle
• ladybird
• ladybird beetle
• ladybug
• lamellicorn beetle
• leaf beetle
• lightning bug
• long-horned beetle
• longicorn
• longicorn beetle
• meloid
• rove beetle
• tiger beetle
• water beetle
• weevil
• whirligig beetle

Related

• Coleoptera
• order Coleoptera

Noun

a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

Synonyms

• beetle
• mallet

More generic

• hammer

More specific

• carpenter's mallet
• gavel

Verb

beat with a beetle

Synonyms

• beetle

More generic

• beat

Verb

fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

Synonyms

• beetle

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Verb

be suspended over or hang over

Synonyms

• beetle
• overhang

More generic

• hang

Adjective

jutting or overhanging

Synonyms

• beetle
• beetling

Related

• protrusive

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