parasitic

parasitic is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Parasitical. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Alt. of Parasitical
2. 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"

   Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitical

3. adjective. of or pertaining to epenthesis

   Synonyms: epenthetic

4. adjective. relating to or caused by parasites

   "parasitic infection"

   Synonyms: parasitical

Synonyms

bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitical, epenthetic

Common word forms

parasitics, parasitical

Words from these letters

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