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

3 senses of spider

Sense 1
spider -- (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)
       => arachnid, arachnoid -- (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)

Sense 2
spider, wanderer -- (a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine)
       => program, programme, computer program, computer programme -- ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code")

Sense 3
spider -- (a skillet made of cast iron)
       => frying pan, frypan, skillet -- (a pan used for frying foods)