Synonyms of commensal

commensal

adjective

as in mutualistic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mutualistic
• symbiotic
• dependent
• synergistic
• associational
• synergic
• synergetic
• mutual
• cooperative
• communal
• collective
• joint
• consociational
• universal
• collaborative
• cooperating
• reciprocal
• multiple
• concerted
• correlative
• shared
• subsocial
• complementary
• conjoint
• public
• conjunct
• consensual
• pooled
• united
• supplemental
• supplementary
• bilateral
• combined
• collaborating
• common
• two-way

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonreciprocal
• solitary
• nonsocial
• individual
• independent
• autonomous
• noncomplementary
• semiautonomous
• several
• altricial
• self-sufficient
• self-contained
• separate
• unilateral
• sole
• one-man
• single
• personal
• lone
• exclusive
• semi-independent
• private
• unsociable
• self-sustaining
• self-subsistent
• reclusive
• self-supporting
• one-sided
• one-way
• recluse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commensal

Dreamtime by Simon Theuma This small, commensal shrimp almost appears to be swimming over a tapestry, but in reality, the technicolor backdrop is the body of a mosaic sea star. —Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024

Science defines the rat’s relationship to humans as commensal: an association between two species in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. —WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023

In fact, it’s become clear that many of these commensal bacteria use the glycans studding mucin molecules as a primary source of energy. —Diana Kwon, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019

In commensal domestication, however, humans unintentionally create an environment that attracts the animal. —Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2016

These samples serve as powerful investigative tools in our pursuit to understand how certain commensal microbes can cause or serve as diagnostic readouts. —Anthony Martin, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2016

Danska’s research suggests that the composition of commensal microbes diverges in male and female mice around puberty, so something seems to happen to the bacteria around that time. —Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021

Two species, both carnivores to a greater or lesser extent, with different nutritional needs, could have a commensal relationship. —James Gorman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2021

Instead of buying time on the array, Breakthrough Listen is tapping into the data stream while the telescope observes its regular targets—a procedure known as commensal observing. —Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 10 Sep. 2020

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