Home › Words › P › probiontprobiontprobiont · noun — synonym of protobiont.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, probiont ranks #16,998 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom pro- + -biont.nounSynonym of protobiont.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.protobiont 70% match — An aggregation of organic molecules, surrounded by a membrane, that abiotically coalesces into resemblances of living matter; thought to be the precursors of prokaryotic cells vs probiont →ectoproct 68% match — Synonym of bryozoan. vs probiont →protobiologist 68% match — An early biologist; a practitioner of protobiology. vs probiont →protozoite 67% match — Synonym of trophont. vs probiont →protozoon 65% match — A protozoan. vs probiont →saprobiont 65% match — Synonym of saprobe. vs probiont →protoeukaryote 64% match — A prokaryote that evolved into a eukaryote. vs probiont →endoproct 64% match — Synonym of entoproct. vs probiont →