'Parasitic' definitions:
Definition of 'parasitic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection" [syn: parasitic, parasitical]
adjective
Of or pertaining to epenthesis [syn: epenthetic, parasitic]
adjective
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" [syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]
Definition of 'Parasitic'
From: GCIDE
- 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 or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." --Milton.
- Syn: leechlike, bloodsucking. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. [1913 Webster]
- Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zool.) See Jager. [1913 Webster] -- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parasitic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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