reciprocity

1. 1.

   a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence

   Synonymsreciprocality

   Broaderrelation

   Narrowercomplementaritycorrelationmutualityreciprocal
2. 2.

   mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges

   Broaderinterchange

Other forms of reciprocity

plural

reciprocities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reciprocity

What does reciprocity mean?

reciprocity means "a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reciprocity?

reciprocity has 5 syllables: rec-i-pro-ci-ty. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛsɪˈpɹɑsɪti/.

What is another word for reciprocity?

Close synonyms include reciprocality. 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 reciprocity a common word?

reciprocity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.