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Synonyms

symbiotic

American  
[sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-] / ˌsɪm biˈɒt ɪk, -baɪ- /
Sometimes symbiotical

adjective

  1. living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship.

    Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.


Other Word Forms

  • nonsymbiotic adjective
  • nonsymbiotical adjective
  • nonsymbiotically adverb
  • symbiotically adverb

Etymology

Origin of symbiotic

symbio(sis) + -tic

Example Sentences

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Now, even as both the entertainment and air travel industries experience all manner of difficulties in the modern economy, their symbiotic relationship continues to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times

For that matter, his parasitic or symbiotic relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been a matter of public record since at least 2003, when the Harvard Crimson earned his eternal enmity by reporting on it.

From Salon

“In Australia Indigenous people have coexisted on the driest inhabited continent on the planet in a symbiotic manner,” Duncan said.

From Los Angeles Times

This happens through symbiotic interaction with friendly bacteria known as rhizobia.

From Salon

The natural environment with which Native Americans had established a harmonious and symbiotic relationship, was similarly despoiled by the twin logic of expropriation and colonization that spread under the logic of manifest destiny.

From Scientific American