wasp

Speech parts

1. wasp - Noun

2. wasp - Verb

Meaning

Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

queen ridge protestantism protestant tahitian white huguenot insect drone beetle thorny prickly vespa waspish splenetic

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Antonyms

joyful good-natured affable genial

Hypernyms

protestant caucasian animal hymenopteran hymenopter hymenopteron

Hyponyms

gallfly sphecoid gall wasp sphecoid wasp cynipid gall wasp cynipid wasp

Phrases with the word

queen wasp Wasp's carpenter wasp vespid wasp mosquito wasp male wasp

Anagrams

spaw swap PAWS waps WSPA

Examples

A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art. John Tenniel

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. Harry Mathews

At what point is a wasp ever going to have a chat with a spider? Karl Pilkington

Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug. Jewish Proverb

Where the wasp has passed the fly sticks fast. French Proverb

They are flies that are born of a wasp. Indonesian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

wasn't under any obligation to Wasney Wason wasp around wasp beetle wasp colony