Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beetle

2 senses of beetle

Sense 1
beetle -- (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
       => insect -- (small air-breathing arthropod)

Sense 2
mallet, beetle -- (a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing)
       => hammer -- (a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beetle

3 senses of beetle

Sense 1
overhang, beetle -- (be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town")
       => hang -- (be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall")

Sense 2
beetle -- (fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
beetle -- (beat with a beetle)
       => beat -- (hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe")

Antonyms of adj beetle

1 sense of beetle

Sense 1
beetle, beetling -- (jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows")

INDIRECT (VIA protrusive) -> intrusive -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")

Similarity of adj beetle

1 sense of beetle

Sense 1
beetle, beetling -- (jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows")
       => protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)