Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "parasite" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

commensal host mutualism

Typical Location

organism

Derived Terms

alloparasite antiparasite brood parasite coproparasite ecoparasite ectoparasite endoparasite enteroparasite entomoparasite epiparasite exoparasite haemoparasite hemiparasite hemoparasite holoparasite hyperparasite kleptoparasite macroparasite mesoparasite microparasite multiparasite mycoparasite neuroparasite nonparasite nosoparasite parasital parasitary parasitation parasite aircraft parasitelike parasitemia parasitic parasitical parasiticide parasitisation parasitise parasitism parasitization parasitize parasitocenosis parasitoid parasitological parasitology parasitome parasitophobia parasitophorous parasitosis phytoparasite pseudoparasite semiparasite superparasite welfare parasite wound parasite xenoparasite zooparasite

Derived From

para

Desires

host

Context

biology literary pejorative plant

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

being follower organism

Type Of (IsA)

heterotroph organism television episode

Related Terms

facultative obligate symbiont

Related Terms

expense facultative hanger on obligate parasitic parasitical parasitism plant sycophant symbiont

Synonym Network

leech

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