Locust Synonyms

lōkəst
Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grasshopper
  2. dog-day-cicada
  3. short-horned grasshopper
  4. cicada
  5. migratory grasshopper
  6. locust-tree
  7. beetle

Words Related to Locust

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. insect
  2. Schistocerca
  3. blackfly
  4. cankerworm

Locust Sentence Examples

  • There were locust plagues in 1874, 1876 and 1877.

  • Be at the corner of Locust and Ninth in 20 min­utes or I'm a dead man!

  • Of an opposite class is the locust.

  • Of insects Africa has many thousand different kinds; of these the locust is the proverbial scourge of the continent, and the ravages of the termites or white ants are almost incredible.

  • In the north of the country, however, farmers face a further threat from locust swarms.

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