Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun basophil

1 sense of basophil

Sense 1
basophil, basophile -- (a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains)
       => leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC -- (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)