insects
nounHow many syllables in insects?
There are 2 syllables in the word insects.How to pronounce insects:
Definition of insects:
- insects (noun):
- (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede
- any of a class (insecta) of arthropods (such as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings
Synonyms for insects:
bug
ciphers
creepy-crawly
dirt ball
dwarfs
dwarves
gogga
half-pints
inferiors
insect
insignificancies
lightweights
louse
morsels
nobodies
nullities
numbers
pigmies
pip-squeaks
puppets
pygmies
shrimp
shrimps
twerps
whippersnappers
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Antonyms for insects:
aristocrats
aristos
barons
bashaws
big guns
big hitters
big names
big noises
big shots
big wheels
biggies
bigwigs
brass hats
businesspersons
capitalists
captains
celebrities
celebs
celebutantes
chiefs
czars
dignitaries
eminence
entrepreneurs
fat cats
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- inner
- inland
- inject
- ingrown
- info
- infant
- inez
- indra
- incurred
- incur
- inbound
- impute
- impugned
- imprints
- impore
- implode
- implant
- imma
- imbuing
- imblaze
- imbibe
- imbeds
- image
- ilo
- igor
- idyll
- idlesse
- ida
- icing
- hylic
- hussain
- hurling
- huppah
- hundredths
- hunchback
- humans
- hula
- huizar
- hugest
- huerta
- huber
- hsiung
- hrvatska
- howre
- howler
- howdy
- hovered
- hotline
- hotels
- hostile
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