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VERMIN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for VERMIN?

Need another word that means the same as “vermin”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “vermin” in this overview.

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Vermin as a Noun
Definitions of "Vermin" as a noun
Synonyms of "Vermin" as a noun (11 Words)
Usage Examples of "Vermin" as a noun
Associations of "Vermin" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Vermin” are: varmint, rabble, refuse, garbage, trash, good-for-nothing, good-for-nothings, undesirable, undesirables, the lowest of the low, the dregs of society

Vermin as a Noun

Definitions of "Vermin" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “vermin” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An irritating or obnoxious person.
People perceived as despicable and as causing problems for the rest of society.
Wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or which carry disease, e.g. rodents.
Parasitic worms or insects.
Any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats.

Synonyms of "Vermin" as a noun (11 Words)

garbage	A receptacle where waste can be discarded. Garbage littered the estate.
good-for-nothing	A quantity of no importance.
good-for-nothings	A quantity of no importance.
rabble	A disorderly crowd of people. We arrived at the grounds after following a rabble* of butterflies.*
refuse	Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen.
the dregs of society	Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
the lowest of the low	The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.
trash	An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant. Clubs patronized by rock trash.
undesirable	One whose presence is undesirable. Rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables.
undesirables	One whose presence is undesirable. Rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables.
varmint	An irritating or obnoxious person.

Usage Examples of "Vermin" as a noun

Boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin.
His clothes are infested with vermin.
Cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin.
He examined the child's head for vermin.
Killed as vermin or game, the pumas have gone.
The vermin who ransacked her house.

Associations of "Vermin" (30 Words)

aphid	A small bug which feeds by sucking sap from plants; a blackfly or greenfly. Aphids reproduce rapidly, sometimes producing live young without mating, and large numbers can cause extensive damage to plants.
badger	Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. His daughter was always badgering him to let her join.
bee	An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs including many solitary as well as social kinds. A sewing bee.
bovine	Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox. Showed a bovine* apathy.*
buffalo	Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including e g water buffalo Cape buffalo. The problem has buffaloed the advertising staff.
epizootic	An outbreak of an epizootic disease. Epizootic diseases in domestic livestock.
ferret	Hunt with ferrets. She ferreted out the truth.
flagellate	A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals. He flagellated himself with branches.
flea	Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
herd	Cause to herd drive or crowd together. I dodged herds of joggers.
hive	Move together in a hive or as if in a hive. Bees hive* honey and pollen.*
horde	A vast multitude. Tartar hordes.
infest	Live on or in a host, as of parasites. The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North.
infestation	A swarm of insects that attack plants. Infestation with head lice is widespread.
invertebrate	An animal lacking a backbone such as an arthropod mollusc annelid coelenterate etc The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom comprising 95 per cent of animal species and about thirty different phyla. Worms are an example of invertebrate* animals.*
livestock	Farm animals regarded as an asset. Markets for the trading of livestock.
mollusc	Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
mollusk	Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
parasite	A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. An intestinal parasite* of cattle.*
parasitic	Habitually relying on or exploiting others. A wealthy class parasitic* upon the labor of the masses.*
pest	A serious sometimes fatal infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides.
pet	A fit of petulance or sulkiness especially at what is felt to be a slight. Pet the lamb.
plague	A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium typically with the formation of buboes bubonic plague and sometimes infection of the lungs pneumonic plague. Staff theft is usually the plague* of restaurants.*
protozoan	Relating to or denoting protozoans.
ruminant	Of or belonging to ruminants. He was destined to become a ruminant* a haunter of libraries.*
shepherd	Watch over like a shepherd as a teacher of her pupils. I shepherded them through the door.
swarm	Of flying insects move in or form a swarm. The garden was swarming with bees.
ursine	Of or relating to or similar to bears. Ursine arteriosclerosis.
vet	Work as a veterinarian. She vetted for the farms in the area for many years.
veterinarian	A person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals; a veterinary surgeon.