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

3 senses of biology

Sense 1
biology, biological science -- (the science that studies living organisms)
       => life science, bioscience -- (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)

Sense 2
biology -- (characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; "the biology of viruses")
       => life -- (the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon")

Sense 3
biota, biology -- (all the plant and animal life of a particular region)
       => collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage -- (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)