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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

breed, race

generation

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

model

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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