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anabolism has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 1 sense. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is catabolism.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for anabolism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.