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Synonyms & Antonyms of insect
a person of no importance or influence
- the magazine's editor in chief was notorious for treating staffers as insects, often not even bothering to learn their names
Synonyms for insect
- cipher,
- dwarf,
- half-pint,
- insignificancy,
- lightweight,
- morsel,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- number,
- pip-squeak,
- pygmy
- (also pigmy),
- shrimp,
- snippersnapper,
- twerp,
- whippersnapper,
- zero,
- zilch
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“Insect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insect. Accessed 25 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of insect was in 1601
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