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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of worm

1 to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits

  • neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife
Synonyms of worm

creep, encroach, inch
Words Related to worm

snake, sneak

entrench (also intrench), impinge, infringe, intrude, invade

overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot, overstep

2 to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way

  • over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence
Synonyms of worm

infiltrate, insinuate, slip, sneak, wind, work in, wriggle
Words Related to worm

creep, edge, wiggle

insert, interpolate, interpose, introduce

3 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

  • the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird
Synonyms of worm

belly, crawl, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, wriggle
Words Related to worm

crouch, squat

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

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