white ant

Questions about white ant

What does white ant mean?

white ant means "whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood".

What is another word for white ant?

Close synonyms include termite. 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 white ant a common word?

white ant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.