Antonyms for parasiticalpar·a·sit·i·cal

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1. parasitic, parasiticaladjective

   relating to or caused by parasites

   "parasitic infection"

   Antonyms:
   independent

   Synonyms:
   bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, epenthetic

2. parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsuckingadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   independent

   Synonyms:
   bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, epenthetic

How to use parasitical in a sentence?

1. Ayn Rand:

   If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in a vast undertaking, does not care to look beyond the lever of a machine, does not choose to know how the machine got there or what makes his job possible, and proclaims that the management of the undertaking is parasitical and unneccessary.

2. Nicolas Maduro:

   At the start of this year the parasitical oligarchy ambushed us but we and the people are responding.

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