Parasitic

/ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/

Synonyms for "parasitic" (133 found)

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More general

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biological termdescriptive adjectiveecological descriptoreconomic descriptormetaphorical descriptorpejorative term

More specific

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facultative parasiteobligate parasiteparasitic funding arrangementparasitic organizationparasitic plantparasitic revenue model

Collocations

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parasitic infectionparasitic life cycleparasitic organismparasitic plantparasitic relationship

Inflections

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least parasiticless parasiticmore parasiticmost parasitic

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Scientists discover genomic exchange between a vampire-like parasitic plant and its host.

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These are parasitic wasps.

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The cookiecutter shark is the only type of parasitic shark.

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Twenty million dollars are spent each year to fight this parasitic pest.

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