Organism (Noun)
Meaning 1
A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
Classification
Unique beginner for nouns.
Examples
- The human body is a complex organism that is capable of regulating its own temperature and healing its own wounds.
- A single-celled organism such as a bacterium can reproduce and adapt to its environment without the need for external direction.
- The development of a multicellular organism from a fertilized egg cell is a highly organized and intricate process.
- The simplest organism that can survive on its own is thought to be a prokaryote, a type of cell that lacks a nucleus.
- A virus is not considered a living organism because it is unable to reproduce or function independently outside of a host cell.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Somebody
- Vocaliser
- Animate Being
- Micro-organism
- Procaryote
- Fauna
- Mortal
- Eucaryote
- Saprophytic Organism
- Creature
- Cross
- Flora
- Soul
- Individual
- Beast
- Plant Life
- Variation
- Sport
- Congenator
- Congeneric
- Brute
- Animalculum
- Throwback
- Someone
- Clon
- Vocalizer
- Congener
- Mutation
- Crossbreed
Related Words
Meaning 2
A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.