Alate

Pronunciation: /ˈælət/

Alate (adjective)

  1. Having wings or wing-like parts.

Examples

  • The alate creatures flew gracefully in the sky.
  • Alate insects are often seen during the summer.

Common collocations: alate form, alate stage, swarm of alates, alate emergence

Alate (noun)

  1. An insect that has wings, especially during a certain stage of its life.

Examples

  • The garden was full of alates during the evening.
  • Alates emerged from the colony after the rain.

Synonyms of Alate

Formal

Antonyms of Alate

  • describing insects without wings