English noun: organism |
| 1. | organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| Synonyms | being |
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| Broader (hypernym) | animate thing, living thing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aerobe, amphidiploid, anaerobe, animal, animalcule, animalculum, animate being, atavist, beast, benthos, brute, carrier, clon, clone, commensal, congenator, congener, congeneric, conspecific, creature, cross, crossbreed, denizen, diploid, dwarf, eucaryote, eukaryote, fauna, flora, fungus, haploid, heteroploid, heterotroph, host, hybrid, individual, individual, katharobe, mascot, micro-organism, microorganism, mortal, mutant, mutation, myrmecophile, native, nekton, nonvascular organism, parasite, parent, person, plankton, plant, plant life, polymorph, polyploid, postdiluvian, procaryote, prokaryote, recombinant, relative, relict, saprobe, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, sitter, somebody, someone, soul, sport, stander, throwback, utterer, variation, vocaliser, vocalizer, zooid |
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| Part holonym | body part, cell |
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| Substance holonym | tissue |
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| Domain category members | actinal, bioluminescent, cellular, fertilized ovum, metabolic process, metabolism, morphogenesis, organic chemistry, parthenote, stratum, zygote |
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| 2. | organism (group) a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body |
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| Samples | The social organism.
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| Broader (hypernym) | scheme, system |
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