Antonyms for parasite
ˈpær əˌsaɪtpar·a·site

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1. parasitenoun

   Antonyms:
   commensal, mutualism, symbiote

2. parasitenoun

   Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.

   Antonyms:
   mutualism, commensal, symbiote

3. parasitenoun

   Antonyms:
   symbiote, mutualism, commensal

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1. parasite

   Antonyms:
   detractor, calumniator, traducer

   Synonyms:
   sycophant, flatterer, toady, courtier, toad-eater, timeserver

Matched Categories

1. • Organism
   • Plant

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1. parasitenoun

   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

   Antonyms:
   host

   Synonyms:
   leech, sponger, sponge

2. leech, parasite, sponge, spongernoun

   a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

   Antonyms:
   host

   Synonyms:
   sponger, parazoan, hirudinean, sponge, leech, bloodsucker, quick study, poriferan

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1. parasitenoun

   Synonyms:
   hanger-on, toady, sycophant, fawner, flunky, zoō parasite, entozoa

How to use parasite in a sentence?

1. Steve Lindsay:

   People carrying malaria parasite already have a signature scent, and we know if dogs can smell drugs, food and other substances, they should be able to detect this smell on clothing, too.

2. Adopted from Lance Fusco.:

   The perfect host requires the perfect parasite.

3. Mark Woolhouse:

   A better understanding of how this milder parasite may protect against the more lethal form of the disease could generate new approaches to reducing severe illness and deaths from malaria.

4. Ryan Jenkinson:

   The parasite, for some reason, really reacts strongly with marine mammals, it has a disproportionate effect on monk seals … The worst part about it is, it seems to target females, especially pregnant females.

5. Ester Cerdeira Sabino:

   What the parasite does to the body takes a long time; (it) slowly goes into the heart and destroys it, we have measured accurately the risk of death, (as) a lot of mortality data doesn't account for Chagas.

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