Synonyms of commensal

commensal

adjective

as in mutualistic

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

• 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

This is very useful for a practice called commensal SETI, whereby a SETI instrument piggybacks on a radio telescope's usual day-to-day observations. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

For example, cleaning stations are mutualistic while hitchhiking is commensal. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 2 Feb. 2026

This represents a prey pathway in the domestication process in addition to a commensal one. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 June 2025

According to some biologists, this might show that these birds are on their way to becoming commensal with humans—benefiting from living closely alongside them—like pigeons have in urban areas. — Jorge Garay, Wired News, 29 May 2025

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

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