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

1 sense of flagellate

Sense 1
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore -- (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)
       => protozoan, protozoon -- (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

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

1 sense of flagellate

Sense 1
flagellate, scourge -- (whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves")
       => flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")

Similarity of adj flagellate

1 sense of flagellate

Sense 1
flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-like -- (having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum))