natural selection

1. 1.

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonymssurvivalsurvival of the fittestselection

   Broadernatural process

Questions about natural selection

What does natural selection mean?

natural selection means "a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment".

What is another word for natural selection?

Close synonyms include survival, survival of the fittest, selection. 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.