Synonyms for caterpillar
ˈkæt əˌpɪl ər, ˈkæt ər-cater·pil·lar

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1. caterpillarnoun

   a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

   Synonyms:
   cat

2. Caterpillar, catnoun

   a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

   Synonyms:
   computed tomography, computed axial tomography, cat-o'-nine-tails, qat, computerized axial tomography, big cat, cat, guy, hombre, khat, computerized tomography, bozo, true cat, quat, kat

Matched Categories

1. • Larva
   • Tracked Vehicle

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1. List of paraphrases for "caterpillar":

   chenille, larva, larvae, moth

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How to use caterpillar in a sentence?

1. Officer Gary Roling:

   We’ve been selling to Caterpillar for a long, long time, and this year will likely be the lowest year for sales we’ve ever had.

2. Mark Luschini:

   Companies such as Caterpillar are a litmus test for the global economy especially when the market is concerned about China's economy.

3. Melissa Hanham:

   It uses caterpillar treads which means it can go off road more easily, which mean they can hide them more easily.

4. Jeff Goldblum:

   I don’t know anything about what I’m talking about. But let’s utter the word ‘entropy’ and ‘systems’ and how things break down, before the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis, the caterpillar has some convulsions, chaotic convulsions. But it’s not death, necessarily. It’s the onset of transformation.

5. James Delgado:

   It really looked like a big fuzzy caterpillar stretched out on the bottom.