'Symbiotic' definitions:
Definition of 'symbiotic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
Definition of 'Symbiotic'
From: GCIDE
- Symbiotic \Sym`bi*ot"ic\ ([i^]m`b[i^]*[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. symbiwtiko`s.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- {Sym`bi*ot"ic*al}, a. -- {Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'symbiotic'
From: GCIDE
- Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
- 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. [1913 Webster]
- England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
- Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. addicted to drugs.
- Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
- Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
- Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'symbiotic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompanying,
- accordant,
- affirmative,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- answerable,
- associate,
- associated,
- at one,
- at one with,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- coadunate,
- coefficient,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coherent,
- coincident,
- coinciding,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collectivist,
- collectivistic,
- collusive,
- combined,
- combining,
- commensal,
- commensurate,
- common,
- communal,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- compatible,
- concerted,
- concomitant,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- conformable,
- congenial,
- congruent,
- congruous,
- conjoint,
- conniving,
- consentaneous,
- consentient,
- consilient,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- conspiratorial,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- coordinate,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- coworking,
- ecological,
- ecotopic,
- ecumenic,
- en rapport,
- equivalent,
- fellow,
- harmonious,
- harmonized,
- in accord,
- in agreement,
- in rapport,
- in sync,
- in synchronization,
- inaccordance,
- inharmony,
- joint,
- like-minded,
- meeting,
- mutual,
- noncompetitive,
- of a piece,
- of like mind,
- of one mind,
- on all fours,
- parasitic,
- positive,
- proportionate,
- reciprocal,
- reconcilable,
- saprophytic,
- self-consistent,
- synchronized,
- synchronous,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- unanimous,
- uncompetitive,
- uniform,
- unisonant,
- unisonous,
- united,
- uniting