insectifuge

What does insectifuge mean?

insectifuge means "a chemical substance that repels insects".

How many syllables are in insectifuge?

insectifuge has 4 syllables: in-sec-ti-fuge. The stress falls on "sec".

What is another word for insectifuge?

Close synonyms include insect repellent, insect repellant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insectifuge a common word?

insectifuge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for insectifuge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.