Synonyms for parasitical
par·a·sit·i·cal

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1. parasitic, parasiticaladjective

   relating to or caused by parasites

   "parasitic infection"

   Synonyms:
   bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, epenthetic

   Antonyms:
   independent

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"

   Synonyms:
   bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, epenthetic

   Antonyms:
   independent

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1. parasiticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive

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1. Nicolas Maduro:

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

2. 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.