'Microbe' definitions:
Definition of 'microbe'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Microbe'
From: GCIDE
- Microbe \Mi"crobe\, Microbion \Mi*cro"bi*on\, n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. ? little + ? life.] (Biol.) A microscopic organism; a microorganism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. [1913 Webster] microbial
Synonyms of 'microbe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adenovirus,
- aerobe,
- aerobic bacteria,
- aerobic organism,
- amoeba,
- anaerobe,
- anaerobic bacteria,
- anaerobic organism,
- autotrophic organism,
- bacillus,
- bacteria,
- bacterium,
- being,
- bug,
- coccus,
- creature,
- crumb,
- disease-producing microorganism,
- dot,
- drop,
- droplet,
- echovirus,
- enterovirus,
- filterable virus,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fungus,
- genetic individual,
- germ,
- gnat,
- grain,
- gram-negative bacteria,
- gram-positive bacteria,
- heterotrophic organism,
- individual,
- iota,
- jot,
- living being,
- living thing,
- microorganism,
- midge,
- minim,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- mold,
- morphological individual,
- mote,
- nonfilterable virus,
- ont,
- organic being,
- organism,
- organization,
- particle,
- pathogen,
- physiological individual,
- picornavirus,
- pinhead,
- pinpoint,
- point,
- protozoa,
- protozoon,
- reovirus,
- rhinovirus,
- rickettsia,
- scrap,
- snip,
- snippet,
- speck,
- spirillum,
- spirochete,
- spore,
- staphylococcus,
- streptococcus,
- tittle,
- trypanosome,
- vanishing point,
- vibrio,
- virus,
- zooid,
- zoon