Antonyms of adj insectivorous
1 sense of insectivorous
Sense 1
insectivorous (vs. carnivorous) (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) -- ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)
carnivorous (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) -- ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects")
=> flesh-eating (prenominal), meat-eating (prenominal), zoophagous -- ((of animals) carnivorous)
=> piscivorous -- (feeding on fishes)
=> predacious, predaceous -- (hunting and killing other animals for food)
herbivorous (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) (vs. carnivorous) -- (feeding only on plants)
=> anthophagous, anthophilous -- (feeding on flowers; "some insects are anthophagous")
=> baccivorous -- (feeding on berries)
=> carpophagous, fruit-eating (prenominal) -- (feeding on fruit)
=> grass-eating (prenominal) -- (feeding on grasses)
=> plant-eating (prenominal), phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous -- ((of animals) feeding on plants)
=> saprophagous, saprozoic -- ((of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter)
=> saprophytic -- ((of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter)
omnivorous (vs. insectivorous) (vs. carnivorous) (vs. herbivorous) -- (feeding on both plants and animals)
=> all-devouring (prenominal) -- ((of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating)
Similarity of adj insectivorous
1 sense of insectivorous
Sense 1
insectivorous (vs. carnivorous) (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) -- ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)
=> apivorous -- (feeding on bees)
=> myrmecophagous -- (feeding on ants; "myrmecophagous squirrel")