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parasite
Overview of noun parasite
The noun parasite has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) parasite -- (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
2. leech, parasite, sponge, sponger -- (a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun parasite
2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
=> follower
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun parasite
1 of 2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
=> endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon, endozoan
=> ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon
=> parasitic plant
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun parasite
2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
=> organism, being
Sense 2
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
=> follower
Antonyms of noun parasite
1 of 2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
Antonym of host (Sense 3)
=>host
Member Holonyms of noun parasite
Substance Holonyms of noun parasite
Part Holonyms of noun parasite
Member Meronyms of noun parasite
Substance Meronyms of noun parasite
Part Meronyms of noun parasite
Meronyms of noun parasite
Holonyms of noun parasite
Attributes of noun parasite
Derived Forms of noun parasite
2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
RELATED TO>(adj) parasitic#1
=> parasitic, parasitical
RELATED TO>(adj) parasitical#1
=> parasitic, parasitical
Sense 2
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
RELATED TO>(adj) parasitic#3
=> parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking
RELATED TO>(adj) parasitical#2
=> parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking
Domain of noun parasite
1 of 2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
TOPIC>(noun) plant#2, flora#2, plant life#1
Domain Terms of noun parasite
Familiarity of noun parasite
parasite used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun parasite
2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
> organism, being
=> benthos
=> heterotroph
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> conspecific
=> carrier
=> denizen
=> amphidiploid
=> diploid
=> haploid
=> heteroploid
=> polyploid
=> animalcule, animalculum
=> microorganism, micro-organism
=> aerobe
=> anaerobe
=> hybrid, crossbreed, cross
=> polymorph
=> relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
=> plankton
=> nekton
=> parasite
=> host
=> commensal
=> myrmecophile
=> eukaryote, eucaryote
=> prokaryote, procaryote
=> zooid
=> clone, clon
=> atavist, throwback
=> individual
=> mascot
=> mutant, mutation, variation, sport
=> postdiluvian
=> sitter
=> stander
=> utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
=> nonvascular organism
=> relict
=> saprophyte, saprophytic organism
=> saprobe
=> katharobe
Sense 2
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
> follower
=> camp follower
=> Cartesian
=> cultist
=> disciple, adherent
=> fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> flatterer, adulator
=> flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man
=> Freudian
=> Hegelian
=> inferior
=> Jacksonian
=> janissary
=> Jeffersonian
=> Jungian
=> Keynesian
=> Lamarckian
=> leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
=> Machiavellian
=> Mendelian
=> Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan
=> myrmidon
=> Nestorian
=> Newtonian
=> regular
=> respecter
=> satellite, planet
=> sheep
=> Skinnerian
=> Stalinist
=> submitter
=> tagalong, hanger-on
=> vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
=> Wagnerian
Meronyms of noun parasite
2 senses of parasite
Sense 1
parasite
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
=> follower
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun parasite
Grep of noun parasite
ectoparasite
endoparasite
entoparasite
hemiparasite
malaria parasite
parasite
parasite yew
parasitemia
pond-scum parasite
semiparasite
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