bionomics

1. 1.

   the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

   Synonymsecologyenvironmental science

   Broaderbiology

   Narrowerpaleoecology

Other forms of bionomics

plural

bionomicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bionomics

What does bionomics mean?

bionomics means "the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment".

How many syllables are in bionomics?

bionomics has 4 syllables: bi-o-no-mics. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for bionomics?

Close synonyms include ecology, environmental science. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bionomics a common word?

bionomics is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.