Beetle Synonyms

bētl
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insect
  2. bug
  3. scarab
  4. battledore
  5. chafer
  6. clock
  7. coleopter
  8. -dor
  9. mallet
  10. drive
  11. elater
  12. firefly
  13. goldbug
  14. japanese
  15. june bug
  16. crawling thing
  17. ladybug
  18. mallet (heavy)
  19. scarabee
  20. digester
  21. skipjack
  22. stag
  23. tumblebug
  24. weevil
  25. hexapod
  26. macerator
  27. pulper
  28. smasher
To curve outward past the normal or usual limit
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overhang
  2. bag
  3. balloon
  4. belly
  5. bulge
  6. jut
  7. pouch
  8. project
  9. protrude
  10. protuberate
  11. stand out
  12. stick out
Jutting or overhanging
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. beetling

Words Related to Beetle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. convex
  2. beetles
  3. bloody-nosed
  4. cockchafer
  5. wood-boring
  6. hoplia
  7. carabid
  8. staphylinid
  9. moth
  10. Cryptocephalus
  11. Gastrophysa
  12. death-watch
  13. caterpillar
  14. froghopper
  15. Chrysolina
  16. craneflies

Beetle Sentence Examples

  • This beetle probably mimics the Australian hornet (Abispa australis).

  • The female beetle in spring-time collects dung, which she forms into a ball by continuous rolling, sometimes assisted by a companion.

  • There is also a giant nasicornous beetle.

  • There is also an American beetle, the Ambrosia beetle, belonging to the family of Swlytidae, which derives its name from its curious cultivation of a succulent fungus, called ambrosia.

  • Among these the beetle Balaninus nucum, the nut-weevil, seen on hazel and oak stems from the end of May till July, is highly destructive to the nuts.

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