They should realize that true religious commands lie in the heart of every man in the form of his conscience, and that the most important are reciprocal esteem and a desire to help.
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Reciprocal
//ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l//
Synonyms for "reciprocal" (241 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (72)
communisticcommunitariancommutablecommutativecommutualcompanioncompensatorycomplementcomplementalcomplementaryconcertedconcordantconcurrentconcurringcongenatorcongenerconjointconnivingcontraryconvertible
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cooperantcooperatingcooperativecoordinatecorrelatecorrespondentcorrespondingcounterpartcycliccyclicaldecimaldifferentialdigitaldoubleduplicateecumenicecumenicalelementepochalequalequalizingequationequipollentequivalentevenevery otherexchangedexponentialfellowfiguralfiguratefigurativefiniteformulafractionalgeneralgive-and-takeharmoniousharmonizedhomologousimageimaginaryimpairimpossiblein commoninfinite
Adjective(6 words)
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integralinteractionalinterchangeableinterchangedintermittentinverseirrationalisochronaljointkindred spiritlikelikenesslogarithmiclogometricmatchmatemeasuredmetronomicnear duplicatenegative
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noncompetitivenumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericalobverseoddordinaloscillatorypairparallelpendantperiodicperiodicalpermutablepicturepopularpositivepossibleprimeproportionalpublicpulsingpunitiveradicalrationalrealreciprocal crossreciprocatingreciprocatoryrecompensingrecompensiverecurrentrecurringreflexiverelatedreparativerestitutiveretaliativeretaliatoryretributiveretributoryreturnablerhythmicrhythmicalrotaryseasonalsecond selfseesawserialsharedsimilarsimilitudesimulacrumsine wavesistersocialsocialisticsocietalsoul matestandardsteadysubmultiplesuchsuchlikesurdswappedswitchedsymbioticsynergeticsynergicsynergistictallytantamountthe like ofthe likes ofto-and-frotradedtranscendentaltransposedtrilateraltwinuncompetitiveundulantundulatoryup-and-downwavelikewheeling
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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13 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُتَبَادَل adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- مَقْلُوب noun (in mathematics)
Belarusian
1 entries- узае́мны adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Bulgarian
2 entries- взаи́мен adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- реципро́чен adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Catalan
4 entries- a l'inrevés adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- al revés adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- mutu adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- recíproc adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 互惠 adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- 互相 adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- 相互 adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- 倒数 noun (in mathematics)
Czech
3 entries- reciproký adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- vzájemný adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- převrácená hodnota noun (in mathematics)
Danish
1 entries- reciprok adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Dutch
1 entries- omgekeerde noun (in mathematics)
Esperanto
1 entries- reciproka adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Finnish
3 entries- päinvastainen adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- vastavuoroinen adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- käänteisluku noun (in mathematics)
French
3 entries- réciproque adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- réciproque adj (grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs)
- inverse noun (in mathematics)
Galician
1 entries- recíproco adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Georgian
4 entries- თანაზიარი adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- ნაცვალგების adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- ორმხრივი adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- საპასუხო adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
German
4 entries- entgegengesetzt adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- gegenseitig adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- reziprok adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- umgekehrt adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Greek
1 entries- αμοιβαίος adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Hebrew
3 entries- הדדי adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- הָפְכִּי noun (in mathematics)
- הופכי noun (in mathematics)
Hindi
2 entries- आपसी adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- पारस्परिक adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Hungarian
4 entries- kölcsönös adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- kölcsönös adj (grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs)
- viszonos adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- viszont adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Icelandic
3 entries- margföldunarandhverfa noun (in mathematics)
- margföldunarumhverfa noun (in mathematics)
- umhverfa noun (in mathematics)
Indonesian
1 entries- timbal balik adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Japanese
1 entries- 逆数 noun (in mathematics)
Kazakh
1 entries- ортақ adj (grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs)
Latin
2 entries- mūtuus adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- reciprocus adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Lithuanian
1 entries- savitarpinis adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Macedonian
1 entries- взаемен adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Māori
4 entries- whakautuutu adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- whakautuutu adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- tau huripoki noun (in mathematics)
- tau taupoki noun (in mathematics)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gjensidig adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- gjensidig adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- gjensidig adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- gjensidig adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Polish
4 entries- obopólny adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- obustronny adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- odwrotny adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- wzajemny adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Portuguese
2 entries- recíproco adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- recíproca noun (in mathematics)
Romanian
3 entries- invers adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- reciproc adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- reciprocă adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Russian
3 entries- взаи́мный adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- обою́дный adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- обра́тный adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uzajaman adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- узајаман adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Slovak
1 entries- vzájomný adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Slovene
1 entries- vzajemen adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Spanish
3 entries- al revés adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- mutuo adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- recíproco adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Swedish
2 entries- ömsesidig adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- invers noun (in mathematics)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabaligtad noun (in mathematics)
Turkish
2 entries- karşılıklı adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- çift taraflı adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Ukrainian
1 entries- взає́мний adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Vietnamese
2 entries- đối ứng adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- đối ứng adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
Volapük
1 entries- rezipik adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Welsh
3 entries- cilyddol adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
- cilyddol adj (done, given, felt, or owed in return)
- dwyochrog adj (done by each of two people towards the other)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The reciprocal of one-half is two.
Source: tatoeba (6293812)
The ministers will pay reciprocal visits early next year.
Source: tatoeba (9695140)
Corresponding squares are squares of reciprocal zugzwang.
Source: tatoeba (10263672)
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