parasitic

parasitic
Synonyms and related words:
abject, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, all-devouring, all-engulfing, associate, associated, at one with, backscratching, beggarly, bloodsucking, bone-lazy, bootlicking, cadging, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coincident, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, commensal, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperative, coordinate, cowering, coworking, crawling, cringing, crouching, dilatory, do-nothing, doless, dronish, drony, easy, ecological, ecotopic, ergophobic, extortionate, faineant, fawning, flattering, footlicking, good-for-nothing, grabby, grasping, groveling, hangdog, harmonious, indolent, ingratiating, joint, kowtowing, laggard, lax, lazy, leechlike, lupine, mealymouthed, meeting, nonaggressive, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, predacious, predatory, procrastinative, prostrate, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, ravenous, remiss, saprophytic, scrounging, sharkish, shiftless, slack, slothful, slow, sniveling, sponging, sycophantic, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling, unenterprising, united, uniting, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish, work-shy

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  • Parasitic — Par a*sit ic (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]k), Parasitical Par a*sit ic*al (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning for food… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parasitic — parasitic, parasitical Both forms are in use as adjectives derived from parasite (normally in its figurative meaning): • This parasitic castle life had left my funds comparatively intact Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1986 • I am keen on police checks on… …   Modern English usage

  • parasitic — (adj.) 1620s, from L. parasiticus, from Gk. parasitikos, from parasitos (see PARASITE (Cf. parasite)). Biological sense is from 1731 …   Etymology dictionary

  • parasitic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an organism) living as a parasite. 2) resulting from infestation by a parasite. 3) derogatory habitually relying on or exploiting others. DERIVATIVES parasitical adjective parasitically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • parasitic — [par΄ə sit′ik] adj. [L parasiticus < Gr parasitikos] 1. of or like a parasite; living at the expense of others 2. caused by parasites, as a disease 3. of or designating a subsidiary volcano, crater, etc. that forms on the side of another one:… …   English World dictionary

  • parasitic — [[t]pæ̱rəsɪ̱tɪk[/t]] also parasitical 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites. Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases? 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Parasitic animals and plants live on or inside larger… …   English dictionary

  • parasitic — par|a|sit|ic [ˌpærəˈsıtık] adj also par|a|sit|i|cal [ ˈsıtıkəl] 1.) living in or on another plant or animal and getting food from them ▪ parasitic fungi 2.) a parasitic person is lazy, does no work, and depends on other people 3.) a parasitic… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • parasitic — par|a|sit|ic [ ,perə sıtık ] adjective 1. ) a parasitic plant or animal lives in or on another type of plant or animal and feeds on it 2. ) a parasitic disease is caused by parasites living inside your body 3. ) a parasitic person lives by… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • parasitic — also parasitical adjective 1 living in or on another plant or animal and getting food from them: parasitic fungi 2 a parasitic person is lazy, does no work, and depends on other people 3 a parasitic disease is caused by parasites parasitically /… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • parasitic — UK [ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk] / US [ˌperəˈsɪtɪk] adjective 1) biology a parasitic plant or animal lives in or on another type of plant or animal and feeds on it 2) medical a parasitic disease is caused by parasites living inside your body 3) a parasitic… …   English dictionary

  • parasitic — adjective 1. relating to or caused by parasites parasitic infection • Syn: ↑parasitical • Pertains to noun: ↑parasite (for: ↑parasitical), ↑parasite …   Useful english dictionary

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