organism
nounHow to pronounce organism:
Definition of organism:
- organism (noun):
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
- a complex structure of interdependent and subordinate elements whose relations and properties are largely determined by their function in the whole
Synonyms for organism:
aerobe
amphidiploid
anaerobe
animal
animalcule
animalculum
animate being
atavist
beast
being
benthos
body
body part
brute
carrier
cell
clon
clone
commensal
congenator
congener
congeneric
conspecific
creature
critter
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Antonyms for organism:
abstract
animal
concept
idea
inanimate
plant
Other 4-syllable words like organism
Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like organism does.
- concupiscence
- importantly
- tempestuous
- tremendously
- undulating
- surprisingly
- undignified
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- addictiveness
- demolishing
- fragmentary
- relentlessly
- skulduggery
- illegibly
- exhaustible
- schwann's white substance
- defensively
- highfalutin
- tiptoeing
- asyndetic
- sophisticate
- acephalous
- comeliness
- serially
- navigation
- senselessly
- heroically
- liberalize
- catapulted
- tautologous
- unabating
- reimbursement
- awakening
- punctually
- boisterously
- unassuming
- infallible
- solicitate
- undeserving
- felicitous
- exultation
- communally
- treacherously
- terrifying
- believable
- persistently
- nonjudgmental
- establishment
- apocryphal
- telegenic
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