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

2 senses of ecology

Sense 1
ecology -- (the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island")
       => environment -- (the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room")

Sense 2
ecology, bionomics, environmental science -- (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
       => biology, biological science -- (the science that studies living organisms)