Ecosystem

/ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/

Synonyms for "ecosystem" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(6 words)
animal habitatbiological communitybiomebiotic communitycoral reefsdesert ecosystem
Adjective(1 words)
ecologic system

Strong matches (11)

Noun(6 words)
ecological networkecological systemenvironmentenvironmental systemhabitationsmacroorganism driven system
Adjective(2 words)
environmental systemslocal biotic community

Related words (18)

Adverb(1 words)
more natural system
Noun(10 words)
natural habitatorchard ecosystempond communityrooftop garden ecosystemtech communityterrarium ecosystemtrophic systemurban river ecosystemwetland habitatwetland related
Adjective(4 words)
natural systemsaltwater bodywhole systemwild habitat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
biological processbiological systemnatural processnatural systemschemesystem

More specific

7 entries
agricultural ecosystemcoral reefforest ecosystemmicrobial ecosystempond ecosystemurban ecosystemwetland ecosystem

Collocations

5 entries
ecosystem dynamicsecosystem functionecosystem healthecosystem recoveryecosystem services

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries
ecosystem modelecosystem servicesecosystemic

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The earth's ecosystem is to some extent self-correcting, so it is also possible that the effects are being masked by other changes.

Source: tatoeba (277106)

The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.

Source: tatoeba (413353)

The construction of the dam created an artificial lake that destroyed a whole ecosystem.

Source: tatoeba (553593)

But that's not the whole picture. Tatoeba is not just an open, collaborative, multilingual dictionary of sentences. It's part of an ecosystem that we want to build.

Source: tatoeba (704169)

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