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ant

[ant] / ænt /
NOUN
bug
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beetle flea pest
STRONG
cootie gnat louse vermin
NOUN
insect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aphid bee beetle butterfly cockroach dragonfly flea fruit fly gnat grasshopper ladybug mite mosquito moth pest spider termite tick
STRONG
arachnid arthropod bedbug bumblebee cootie fly hornet louse
WEAK
daddy longlegs praying mantis vermin yellowjacket
NOUN
vermin
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flea insect mosquito rodent
STRONG
bedbug centipede fly foxes lice mice rat snake termite weasel

Example Sentences

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Within about a minute, a cone ant would emerge and climb onto the larger ant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In Costa Rica, a rufous-vented ground cuckoo snatches a cicada fleeing an army ant swarm.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Duncan Juma, a senior KWS official, told the BBC that more arrests were expected as investigators widen their probe into other Kenyan towns where ant harvesting was suspected to be ongoing.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Didn’t care if it was scouting for food to drag back to the nest or building new tunnels for wriggly ant larvae.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Vocabulary lists containing ant

3-letter words, List 2

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