Meanings
adjectiveparasitic (comparative more parasitic, superlative most parasitic)
comparative more parasitic · superlative most parasitic · alternative parasitical
- Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
- Exploiting another for personal gain.
While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics.
2010 October 26, Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →OL - with onneutral connotationhuman sciencesIntellectually, logically, conceptually, or metaphysically dependent (on something else in the same category)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or caused by parasites
Similar
adjectiveof or pertaining to epenthesis
Similar
adjectiveof plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekσῖτος (sîtos)
- Ancient Greekπαράσιτος (parásitos)
- Latinparasītus
- Middle Frenchparasite
- Englishparasite
- Englishparasitic
Translations
Afrikaans parasities, parasities
- parasitiespertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitiesdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Arabic طُفَيْلِيّ
- طُفَيْلِيّ (ṭufayliyy)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Bulgarian паразитен
- паразитен (paraziten)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Catalan parasitari, paràsit
- parasitaripertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- paràsitdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Chinese Mandarin 寄生的
- 寄生的 (jìshēng dì)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Czech parazitní, cizopasný
- parazitnídrawing upon another organism for sustenance
- cizopasnýdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Dutch parasitair, parasitisch
- parasitairpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitischpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitairdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
- parasitischdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
- parasitairexploiting another for personal gain
- parasitischexploiting another for personal gain
Esperanto parazita
- parazitapertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Finnish lois-, lois-
- lois-pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- lois-drawing upon another organism for sustenance
French parasite, parasitaire
- parasitepertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitairepertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
German parasitär, parasitär
- parasitärpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitärdrawing upon another organism for sustenance
- parasitärexploiting another for personal gain
Greek παρασιτικός, παρασιτικός
- παρασιτικός (parasitikós)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- παρασιτικός (parasitikós)exploiting another for personal gain
Hindi परजीवी, परजैविक
- परजीवी (parjīvī)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- परजैविक (parjaivik)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- परजीवी (parjīvī)drawing upon another organism for sustenance
Latin parasiticus, parasitārius
- parasiticuspertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitāriuspertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Māori parakūkā, pirinoa
- parakūkāpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- pirinoapertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- pirinoadrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Norwegian Bokmål parasittær, parasittisk
- parasittærpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasittiskpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Polish pasożytniczy
- pasożytniczypertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Portuguese parasita
- parasitapertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Romanian parazitar, parazitar
- parazitarpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parazitardrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Russian паразити́ческий
- паразити́ческий (parazitíčeskij)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Spanish parasítico, parasitario
- parasíticopertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitariopertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitariodrawing upon another organism for sustenance
- parásitodrawing upon another organism for sustenance
Swedish parasitisk, parasitär
- parasitiskpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- parasitärpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Tagalog sasandigin
- sasandiginpertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Thai ปรสิต
- ปรสิต (bpà-rá-sìt)pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
Cite this entry
APA
parasitic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitic
MLA
“parasitic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasitic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitic.
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