Synonyms for cicada

Most common

harvest fly · insect · cicala · jarfly · lyreman

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

Related words

Phrases

cicada killer cicada hawk dog-day cicada periodical cicada

Other spellings

cicad

Forms

Plural

cicadas → insects, cicalas, jarflies, lyremen…

Example sentences

• insect She's convinced she has an insect inside her head.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

insect², cicala³, jarfly

7 letters

lyreman

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (insect² = 2 syllables).