parasitical

1. 1.

   relating to or caused by parasites

   “parasitic infection”

   Synonymsparasitic
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsparasiticleechlikebloodsucking

   Similardependent

Questions about parasitical

What does parasitical mean?

parasitical means "relating to or caused by parasites". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parasitical?

parasitical has 5 syllables: pa-ra-si-ti-cal. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for parasitical?

Close synonyms include parasitic, parasitic, leechlike, bloodsucking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parasitical a common word?

parasitical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.