Word info Synonyms

cockroach

Noun

Meaning

An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh. H. L. Mencken

There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach - it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end. William Howard Taft

The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach. Sanaa Lathan

In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case. Rwandan Proverb

When cockroach get in a trouble, him well glad fe fun go hide a fowl-house. Jamaican Proverb

Cockroach neber so drunk him walk a fowl yard. Jamaican Proverb

Close letter words and terms