Figure and Insect

Figure

Figure noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

Insect is an antonym for figure.

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Insect

Insect noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: the magazine's editor in chief was notorious for treating staffers as insects, often not even bothering to learn their names

Figure is an antonym for insect.

Both words in one sentence

  • Ghost Ship The Doctor, Sarah and Harry, having landed in a ship where roomfuls of people are in suspended animation and there is a giant insect corpse in a cupboard, are forced to figure out what is going on.
    Source: Ghost Ship
  • Series / The Chase Geek Physique: "Supernerd" Issa Schulz has a lanky figure that Andrew O'Keefe frequently compares to a pencil, stick insect, etc.
  • Vertebrate with Extra Limbs It has a figure that falls somewhere between that of an insect and a centaur.
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