parasitic

  • (a) relating to or caused by parasites
    • parasitic infection
    parasitical,
  • (a) of or pertaining to epenthesis epenthetic,
  • (s) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
    • a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses
    • parasitic vines that strangle the trees
    • bloodsucking blackmailer
    • his indolent leechlike existence
    leechlike, bloodsucking, parasitical,

Synonyms

parasitical epenthetic leechlike bloodsucking

Words of close approximity

parasite
parasitical parasitically parasiticidal parasitic jaeger parasitic plant parasitic worm