Synonyms and Antonyms of gadfly

synonym (synonym of gadfly)

hypernym (gadfly IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a persistently annoying person (noun.person)
    persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
    someone who torments (noun.person)
     
  • any of various large flies that annoy livestock (noun.animal)
    fly
    two-winged insects characterized by active flight (noun.animal)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF gadfly relation)

  • a persistently annoying person (noun.person)
    nudnick, nudnik
    (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest (noun.person)
     
  • any of various large flies that annoy livestock (noun.animal)
    botfly
    stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    warble fly
    hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    cleg, clegg, horse fly, horsefly
    large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals (noun.animal)
     

derivation (.... is derived from gadfly)

synonym hypernym hyponym derivation blighter cuss pest pesterer fly persecutor tormenter tormentor botfly warble fly cleg nudnick nudnik badger beleaguer bug pester tease
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. blighter, cuss, pest, pesterer . persecutor, tormenter, tormentor . fly . nudnick, nudnik . botfly . warble fly . cleg, clegg, horse fly, horsefly . badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease


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