mutual

noun

(business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.

A mutual fund.

(Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.

adjective

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

Reciprocal.

Collective, done or held in common.

Possessed in common.

(business, finance, insurance) Owned by the members.

Roots

mutomut- · Latin · change

Synonyms for mutual

reciprocaladj commutual reciprocativeadj commonadj sharedadj cooperativeadj reciprocatingv synergeticadj symbioticadj

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