COMMENSALISM Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word commensalism. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for COMMENSALISM
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| association | nounn | |||||||
noun • a formal organization of people or groups of people • the act of consorting with or joining with others • the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination • the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination • a social or business relationship • a relation resulting from interaction or dependence • (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding • (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species | ||||||||
| mutualism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | ||||||||
| symbiosis | nounn | |||||||
noun • the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | ||||||||
