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Definitions for Mutual

[1] possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: to have mutual respect.
[2] having the same relation each toward the other: to be mutual enemies.
[3] of or relating to each of two or more; held in common; shared: mutual interests.
[4] having or pertaining to a form of corporate organization in which there are no stockholders, and in which profits, losses, expenses, etc., are shared by members in proportion to the business each transacts with the company: a mutual company. See also mutual insurance.
[5] Informal . a mutual fund.
[6] experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal mutual distrust
[7] common to or shared by both or all of two or more parties a mutual friend ; mutual interests
[8] denoting an insurance company, etc, in which the policyholders share the profits and expenses and there are no shareholders

Words related to Mutual

collective, bilateral, reciprocal, communal, connected, convertible, dependent, give-and-take, interchangeable, joint, public, related, respective, returned, united, conjoint, correlative, associated, conjunct, interactive

Words nearby Mutual

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Origin of Mutual

1470–80; < Middle French mutuel < Latin mūtu(us ) mutual, reciprocal (mūt(āre ) to change (see mutate) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + Middle French -el (< Latin -ālis ) -al1

Words that may be confused with Mutual

mutual, reciprocal, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry), common, mutual, reciprocal, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Mutual

mu·tu·al·ly , adverb
non·mu·tu·al , adjective
non·mu·tu·al·ly , adverb
qua·si-mu·tu·al , adjective
qua·si-mu·tu·al·ly , adverb
trans·mu·tu·al , adjective
trans·mu·tu·al·ly , adverb
un·mu·tu·al , adjective
un·mu·tu·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Mutual

C15: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus reciprocal (originally: borrowed); related to mūtāre to change

Synonyms for Mutual

bilateral, collective, reciprocal, associated, communal, conjoint, conjunct, connected, convertible, correlative, dependent, give-and-take, given and taken, interactive, interchangeable, interchanged, interdependent, intermutual, joint, partaken, participated, public, reciprocated, related, requited, respective, returned, two-sided, united