1. An insect of the wasp genus, whose sting gives severe pain.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• honnest,
• journet,
• hoined,
• curnet,
• honst,
• hounst,
• howner,
• hotet,
• hornest,
• houner,
• gournet,
• honney,
• hoaned,
• hornt,
• hourney,
• hornd,
• hohnest,
• hopet,
• homet,
• herne

• cornet,
• hunt,
• harnett,
• horde,
• honest,
• hint,
• hornier,
• horny,
• horn,
• horned,
• honey,
• horniest.

The adjective form of the word "hornet" is "hornetish".

The plural of the "hornet" can be the "hornets".

The singular of the "hornet" can be the "hornet".