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Synonyms for mosquito

Most common

mossy mozzie

All synonyms

Noun

mozzie, skeeter informal US, mossy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

Forms

Plural
mosquitoes → mozzies, skeeters, mossys…

Example sentences

  • mossy Yanni was interested in studying mossy rainforests.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mosquitosteady
mossyrising
mozziesteady

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

By length

5 letters
mossy2
6 letters
mozzie
7 letters
skeeter2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mossy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
moustique
Italiano
zanzara
Deutsch
Mücke
Català
mosquit