About The Word Parasitic
Learn about the word Parasitic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Parasitic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Parasitic
| Parasitic Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Parasitic?
[adj] of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Parasitic: bloodsucking | dependent | leechlike | parasitical Related Terms | Find terms related to Parasitic: 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 | doless | do-nothing | 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 See Also | Parasitic In Webster's Dictionary \Par`a*sit"ic\, Parasitical \Par`a*sit"ic*al\, a. [L.
parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.]
1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors;
sycophantic. ``Parasitic preachers.'' --Milton.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living
on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal
or plant. See {Parasite}, 2 & 3.
{Parasitic gull}, {Parasitic jager}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jager}.
-- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness},
n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Unsalaried ‐ not paying a salary; "an uncompensated…
- Nonalignment ‐ people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or…
- Lespedeza sericea ‐ perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially…
- Xenogenesis ‐ the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle…
- Overspecialize ‐ become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated…
- Aythya americana ‐ North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown…
- Magnetic moment ‐ the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in…
- Viviparous ‐ (zoology) producing living young…
- Tenpin bowling ‐ bowling down an alley at a target of ten…
- Charadrius morinellus ‐ rare plover of upland areas…