Thesaurus / beetle
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synonyms for beetle
- ant
- aphid
- bee
- butterfly
- cockroach
- dragonfly
- flea
- fruit fly
- gnat
- grasshopper
- ladybug
- mite
- mosquito
- moth
- pest
- spider
- termite
- tick
- arachnid
- arthropod
- bedbug
- bumblebee
- cootie
- fly
- hornet
- louse
- daddy longlegs
- praying mantis
- yellowjacket
- vermin
- bloat
- protrude
- swell
- bag
- balloon
- billow
- dilate
- distend
- enlarge
- expand
- extrude
- jut
- overhang
- poke out
- protuberate
- bug out
- pop out
- puff out
- stand out
- stick out
- attach
- bend
- cover
- dangle
- decorate
- drape
- drift
- flap
- float
- hold
- hover
- lean
- pin
- remain
- stay up
- stick
- swing
- wave
- adhere
- bow
- cling
- deck
- depend
- droop
- drop
- fasten
- fix
- flop
- furnish
- impend
- incline
- loll
- lop
- lower
- nail
- overhang
- project
- rest
- sag
- tack
- trail
- be fastened
- be in mid-air
- be loose
- be pendent
- be poised
- bulge
- elongate
- extend
- impend
- lengthen
- overhang
- poke out
- pop out
- pouch
- project
- protrude
- protuberate
- stand out
- stick out
- bow
- drift
- incline
- nod
- prop
- recline
- slant
- tilt
- tip
- twist
- veer
- cant
- careen
- curve
- decline
- deflect
- dip
- divert
- droop
- heel
- jut
- list
- overhang
- pitch
- place
- repose
- rest
- roll
- sag
- sheer
- sink
- slope
- turn
- bear on
- be off
- be slanted
- fasten on
- hang on
- put weight on
- rest on
- command
- endanger
- extend
- impend
- jut
- loom
- menace
- overtop
- poke
- portend
- pouch
- project
- protrude
- threaten
- be imminent
- be suspended
- cast a shadow
- dangle over
- droop over
- flap over
- rise above
- stand out
- stick out
- swing over
- tower above
- extend
- jut
- lengthen
- overhang
- poke
- pout
- prolong
- protrude
- protuberate
- be conspicuous
- be prominent
- hang over
- pop out
- push out
- stand out
- stick out
- stretch out
- thrust out
- bulge
- jut out
- poke out
- stick out
- distend
- extend
- extrude
- jut
- obtrude
- overhang
- point
- pop out
- pouch
- pout
- project
- start
- swell
- butt out
- come through
- shoot out
- stand out
- stick up
- bulge
- bulge out
- bag
- balloon
- belly
- bilge
- billow
- bloat
- dilate
- distend
- enlarge
- expand
- extrude
- jut
- jut out
- overhang
- poke out
- pouch
- project
- protrude
- swell
- bug out
- pop out
- puff out
- stand out
- stick out
- emerge
- loom
- stick out
- attract attention
- be distinct
- be highlighted
- be striking
- bulge
- bulk
- catch the eye
- jut
- overhang
- poke
- pouch
- project
- protrude
- bulge
- bulge out
- jut out
- poke out
- protrude
- stand out
- come through
- extend
- extrude
- jut
- obtrude
- outthrust
- overhang
- pouch
- pout
- project
- protend
- push
- show
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 386 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to beetle, such as: oversize, bag, balloon, belly, bilge, and billow.
How to use beetle in a sentence
Examples include some beetles and rainforest kangaroos called pademelons.
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE AUSTRALIAN STINGING TREEREBECCA E. HIRSCHNOVEMBER 25, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe diabolical ironclad beetle is like a tiny tank on six legs.
THE DIABOLICAL IRONCLAD BEETLE IS NEARLY UNSQUISHABLEMARIA TEMMINGNOVEMBER 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSNear the back of the beetle, the ridges are not as tightly interlocked.
THE DIABOLICAL IRONCLAD BEETLE IS NEARLY UNSQUISHABLEMARIA TEMMINGNOVEMBER 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSHe writes of the beetles that save mimosa trees in Houston, his daughter’s death at age 38 and greeting “small nervous birds” in walks along the sea.
EIGHTY YEARS OF MEMORIES THAT WILL STIR READERS’ OWNCONNIE SCHULTZNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTLast weekend, China’s customs agency banned imports of timber from Queensland, claiming it had found a beetle infestation in one shipment.
CHINA IS RAMPING UP ITS OTHER BIG TRADE WAREAMONBARRETTNOVEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNEThat flexibility helps the beetle absorb compression in a region of its body that is safer to squish.
THE DIABOLICAL IRONCLAD BEETLE CAN SURVIVE GETTING RUN OVER BY A CAR. HERE’S HOWMARIA TEMMINGOCTOBER 21, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThere are no summertime tomatoes or winter squash without pollinators, no gentle removal of dead animals without the dermestid beetles that attend them.
HOW TO COUNT INSECTS FROM SPACEKATIE MCLEANOCTOBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWRutherford mostly makes a living hunting and cleaning off animal skulls with the help of a colony of dermestid beetles.
3 NEW NOVELS SHOW A NATURAL WORLD IN PERILERIN BERGEROCTOBER 3, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEUnsurprisingly, the frogs did try to capture the beetles—and generally succeeded in swallowing them.
THIS SCIENTIST THOUGHT HE’D FOUND THE SOURCE OF ALL SEXUAL ENERGYPOPSCI STAFFSEPTEMBER 17, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEShinji Sugiura regularly feeds beetles to predators to see what happens.
SOME BEETLES CAN BE EATEN BY A FROG, THEN WALK OUT THE OTHER ENDJONATHAN LAMBERTSEPTEMBER 4, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSWORDS RELATED TO BEETLE
- adhere
- attach
- be fastened
- be in mid-air
- be loose
- be pendent
- be poised
- beetle
- bend
- bow
- cling
- cover
- dangle
- deck
- decorate
- depend
- drape
- drift
- droop
- drop
- fasten
- fix
- flap
- float
- flop
- furnish
- hold
- hover
- impend
- incline
- lean
- loll
- lop
- lower
- nail
- overhang
- pin
- project
- remain
- rest
- sag
- stay up
- stick
- swing
- tack
- trail
- wave
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.