SEMIPARASITE Antonyms

• plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

• living in a state of commensalism

• either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent

• plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• mutually dependent

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

• able to provide for your own needs without help from others

• Any parasite whose host is a parasite.

• (specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.

• An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship; a symbiote.