Meanings
comparative more ecological · superlative most ecological · alternative archaic œcological
- Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC1 more example
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193 - Not harmful to the environment.
Synonyms: ecologically friendly, environmentally friendly, environmentally friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly, ecologically friendly, green
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot harmful to the environment.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment
adjectiveof or relating to the science of ecology
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishecology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishecological
Translations
Arabic بِيئِيّ, إِيكُولُوجِيّ
- بِيئِيّ (bīʔiyy)relating to ecology
- إِيكُولُوجِيّ (ʔīkūlūjiyy)relating to ecology
Bulgarian екологи́чен
- екологи́чен (ekologíčen)relating to ecology
Catalan ecològic
- ecològicrelating to ecology
Chinese Mandarin 生態的 /生态的, 生態學的 /生态学的
- 生態的 /生态的 (shēngtài de)relating to ecology
- 生態學的 /生态学的 (shēngtàixué de)relating to ecology
Czech ekologický
- ekologickýrelating to ecology
Danish økologisk
- økologiskrelating to ecology
Dutch ecologisch
- ecologischrelating to ecology
Esperanto ekologia
- ekologiarelating to ecology
Estonian ökoloogiline
- ökoloogilinerelating to ecology
Finnish ekologinen
- ekologinenrelating to ecology
French écologique
- écologiquerelating to ecology
German ökologisch
- ökologischrelating to ecology
Greek οικολογικός
- οικολογικός (oikologikós)relating to ecology
Hebrew אֶקוֹלוֹגִי
- אֶקוֹלוֹגִי (ekológi)relating to ecology
Hindi पारिस्थितिक, पारिस्थितिकीय
- पारिस्थितिक (pāristhitik)relating to ecology
- पारिस्थितिकीय (pāristhitikīya)relating to ecology
Hungarian ökológiai
- ökológiairelating to ecology
Indonesian ekologis
- ekologisrelating to ecology
Irish éiceolaíoch
- éiceolaíochrelating to ecology
Italian ecologico
- ecologicorelating to ecology
Latvian ekoloģisks
- ekoloģisksrelating to ecology
Lithuanian ekologinis
- ekologinisrelating to ecology
Māori hauropi
- hauropirelating to ecology
Norwegian Bokmål økologisk
- økologiskrelating to ecology
Persian بومشناختی
- بومشناختی (bum-šenâxti)relating to ecology
Polish ekologiczny
- ekologicznyrelating to ecology
Portuguese ecológico
- ecológicorelating to ecology
Romanian ecologic
- ecologicrelating to ecology
Russian экологи́ческий
- экологи́ческий (ekologíčeskij)relating to ecology
Scottish Gaelic eag-eòlach
- eag-eòlachrelating to ecology
Slovak ekologický
- ekologickýrelating to ecology
Spanish ecológico
- ecológicorelating to ecology
Swedish ekologisk
- ekologiskrelating to ecology
Turkish ekolojik
- ekolojikrelating to ecology
Ukrainian екологі́чний
- екологі́чний (ekolohíčnyj)relating to ecology
Cite this entry
ecological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecological
“ecological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecological. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecological,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecological.
Source: ecological on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.