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species

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of species

1 one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap

Synonyms of species

bracket, category, class, classification, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, tier, type

Words Related to species

description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort

branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety

heading, label, title

2 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome

Synonyms of species

breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, strain, stripe, type, variety

Words Related to species

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

3 human beings in general

the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population

Synonyms of species

folks, humanity, humankind, people, public, world

Words Related to species

community, society

crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

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