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

3 senses of locust

Sense 1
locust -- (migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae)
       => short-horned grasshopper, acridid -- (grasshopper with short antennae)

Sense 2
locust -- (hardwood from any of various locust trees)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 3
locust tree, locust -- (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)