worm - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

Synonyms

• worm

More generic

• invertebrate

More specific

• acanthocephalan
• annelid
• annelid worm
• arrowworm
• beard worm
• chaetognath
• flatworm
• helminth
• nematode
• nematode worm
• nemertean
• nemertine
• parasitic worm
• platyhelminth
• pogonophoran
• proboscis worm
• ribbon worm
• roundworm
• segmented worm
• spiny-headed worm
• woodworm

Noun

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

Synonyms

• worm

More generic

• screw

Related

• worm gear

Noun

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

Synonyms

• worm

More generic

• malevolent program

Noun

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Synonyms

• dirt ball
• insect
• louse
• worm

More generic

• disagreeable person
• unpleasant person

Verb

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Synonyms

• squirm
• twist
• worm
• wrestle
• wriggle
• writhe

More generic

• move

More specific

• wrench

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