bug - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for bug , a list of similar words for bug from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Synonyms

• bug
• germ
• microbe

More generic

• micro-organism
• microorganism

Noun

general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

Synonyms

• bug

More generic

• insect

Noun

insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

Synonyms

• bug
• hemipteran
• hemipteron
• hemipterous insect

More generic

• insect

More specific

• Cimex lectularius
• Notonecta undulata
• backswimmer
• bed bug
• bedbug
• chinch
• coreid
• coreid bug
• leaf bug
• lygaeid
• lygaeid bug
• plant bug
• true bug

Related

• Hemiptera
• order Hemiptera

Noun

a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

Synonyms

• bug

More generic

• mic
• microphone
• mike

Noun

a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

Synonyms

• bug
• glitch

More generic

• defect
• fault
• flaw

Verb

annoy persistently

Synonyms

• badger
• beleaguer
• bug
• pester
• tease

More generic

• bedevil
• crucify
• dun
• frustrate
• rag
• torment

Verb

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

Synonyms

• bug
• intercept
• tap
• wiretap

More generic

• eavesdrop
• listen in

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