Synonyms for mutual
- adjective
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Adjective
reciprocal, common, shared, joint, correlative, interactive, interchangeable, reciprocative dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
They were mutual enemies.
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The distinctive idea of mutual is, that the parties unite by interchange in the same act; as, a mutual covenant; mutual affection, etc. To make it mutual in the strictest sense, the two parties should have fallen in love at the same time; but as the result is the same, the two words are here used interchangeably.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- joint The two companies combined in a joint corporation.
- shared Yesterday night, I shared a cab with Paris Hilton.
- reciprocal The ministers will pay reciprocal visits early next year.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mutual | steady | |
| joint | falling | |
| shared | rising | |
| reciprocal | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- joint1
- 6 letters
- common2, shared1
- 10 letters
- reciprocal4
- 11 letters
- interactive4, correlative
- 13 letters
- reciprocative
- 15 letters
- interchangeable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (common2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mutuel
- Italiano
- mutuo
- Deutsch
- gegenseitig