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symbiotic

adj
/ˌsɪm.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/UK/ˌsɪm.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/US

Etymology

From symbiosis + -tic, from Ancient Greek συμβίωσις (sumbíōsis), from σύν (sún, “with”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

  1. derived from συμβίωσις — “living together”
  2. suffixed as symbiotic — “symbiosis + tic”

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to symbiosis

    Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.

    • A lichen is a fungus with symbiotic algae among its cells.

  2. Of a relationship with mutual benefit between two individuals, organisms, or groups.

    • While pro-tech influencers like podcast host Lex Fridman have for years formed a symbiotic relationship with tech elites like Elon Musk, some firms have decided this year to cut out the middleman entirely.

  3. A symbiotic star.

The neighborhood

Derived

asymbiotic, chemosymbiotic, ectosymbiotic, endosymbiotic, episymbiotic, exosymbiotic, microsymbiotic, nonsymbiotic, parasymbiotic, perisymbiotic, photosymbiotic, phylosymbiotic, presymbiotic, symbiotically

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for symbiotic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA