Insect and Nabob

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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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Nabob is an antonym for insect.

Nabob noun - One of high position or importance within a group.

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Insect is an antonym for nabob.

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Nabob and Insect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/insect/nabob

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