MUTUAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does mutual mean?
• MUTUAL (adjective)
The adjective MUTUAL has 2 senses:
1. common to or shared by two or more parties
2. concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
Familiarity information: MUTUAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MUTUAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Common to or shared by two or more parties
Synonyms:
mutual; common
Context examples:
a common friend / the mutual interests of management and labor
Similar:
shared (have in common; held or experienced in common)
Meaning:
Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
Synonyms:
reciprocal; mutual
Context examples:
reciprocal aid / reciprocal trade / mutual respect / reciprocal privileges at other clubs
Similar:
bilateral (affecting or undertaken by two parties)
correlative (expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation)
interactional; interactive (capable of acting on or influencing each other)
reciprocating; reciprocatory (moving alternately backward and forward)
reciprocative (given or done or owed to each other)
