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wormlike

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 M L AY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or characteristic of a worm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The plastic fishing lure was remarkably wormlike.
  • He has a wormlike view of the universe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a smoothly curved form when heated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

totally submissive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wormlike From worm + -like.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Irish: péisteach — similar to a worm
  • Irish: péisteogach — similar to a worm
  • Irish: péistiúil — similar to a worm
  • Italian: vermicolare — similar to a worm
  • Macedonian: цр́волик (cŕvolik) — similar to a worm