Synonyms for Species
ˈspi ʃiz, -sizspecies

Princeton's WordNet

1. speciesnoun

   (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

2. speciesnoun

   a specific kind of something

   "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"

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1. • Biology
   • Kind
   • Taxonomic Group

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1. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   group (subordinate to a genus)

2. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, sort, description, variety

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.9 / 16 votes

1. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   group, class, kind, brood, sort, variety

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1. List of paraphrases for "species":

   cash, espèces, kind, case, 'espã, kinds, types, sort, essences, especies, espèce, varieties, currency, taxon

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1. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Optimism about the survival of our species may be a summary of all the things we have refined, but we hardly see any difference between the things that can actually move humanity forward and those that give the impression that we as a species are evolving.

2. Change The Forest Service report:

   These changes are often driven by multiple factors, including changes in temperature and drought patterns, wildfire, invasive species and pests.

3. Charles Darwin:

   “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

4. Victoria Arbour:

   The spikes running all the way down Zuul's tail were a fantastic surprise to me -- like nothing I've ever seen in a North American ankylosaur, it was the size and shape of the tail club and tail spikes, combined with the shape of the horns and ornaments on the skull, that confirmed this skeleton was a new species of ankylosaur.

5. Jean Vannier:

   It seems to be a normal behavior of this species in different parts of the world.