Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parasitical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
par-a-sit-i-cal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more parasitical (comparative) most parasitical (superlative)

Derived Forms

antiparasitical hyperparasitical mycoparasitical parasiticalness unparasitical

Synonyms

parasitic leechlike bloodsucking

Questions

What does parasitical mean?
Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.

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