Insect and Lead

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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

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Lead is an antonym for insect.

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Insect is an antonym for lead.

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

In Guillermo del Toro's Cronos, the lead character is turned into a vampire of sorts after being 'stung' by a mechanical scarab housing an immortal insect inside.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Film

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