Synonyms of pest

Noun

1. plague, pestilence, pest, pestis, epidemic disease

usage: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

2. plague, pestilence, pest, epidemic disease

usage: any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly, tormentor, tormenter, persecutor

usage: a persistently annoying person

4. pest, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

usage: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

Definition and meaning of pest (Dictionary)