parasite
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
- endoparasite hyponym
- ectoparasite hyponym
- parasitic plant hyponym
Related & opposite
- host antonym
- parasitic derivation
- plant life domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Types & categories
- follower hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | host |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parasitic |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | endoparasite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ectoparasite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parasitic plant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grub |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leechlike |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follower |