Dictionary Entry
insect
insect is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
- 2noun
Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
- 3noun
Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
- 4noun
Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
- 5adjective
Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
- 6adjective
Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
- 7noun
small air-breathing arthropod
- 8noun
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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