Synonyms of beetle

beetle 1 of 2

verb

as in to protrude

to extend outward beyond a usual point

houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a "bump"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrude
• poke
• bulge
• stand out
• pouch
• project
• stick out
• bunch
• swell
• balloon
• pout
• overhang
• jut
• pooch
• bag
• dome
• belly
• billow
• start
• mushroom
• extend
• snowball
• stretch
• inflate
• elongate
• lengthen
• blow up
• dilate
• distend
• expand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrink
• contract
• compress
• condense
• constrict

beetle

2 of 2

noun

as in hammer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hammer
• mallet
• cane
• sledgehammer
• maul
• bat
• rod
• billy club
• billy
• gavel
• cudgel
• baton
• bludgeon
• birch
• truncheon
• bastinade
• mace
• shillalah
• nightstick
• staff
• hickory
• sap
• bastinado
• waddy
• rattan
• club
• shillelagh
• blackjack
• knobkerrie
• rung
• crozier
• switch
• stave
• crook
• crosier
• crabstick
• walking stick
• whangee

Examples of beetle in a Sentence

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Verb

Noun

Like, stink bugs and cockroaches, scorpions, ticks, bees, beetles and borers and aphids, snails and mice and voles. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024

House centipedes act as natural exterminators, preying on harmful pests like: Cockroaches Termites Bedbugs Carpet beetle larvae House centipedes provide more benefits than detriments to humans. —Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024