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

1 sense of commensal

Sense 1
commensal -- (either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Similarity of adj commensal

1 sense of commensal

Sense 1
commensal -- (living in a state of commensalism)