reciprocal

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
2. (not-comparable) Mutually interchangeable.
3. (not-comparable) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
4. (not-comparable) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
5. (not-comparable) Done, given, felt, or owed in return.

Noun

1. The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
2. A construction expressing mutual action.

Synonyms

mutual

each other

inverse

common

multiplicative inverse

joint

shared

opposite

alternate

reciprocal value

reciprocating

corresponding

reciprocity

reflexive

reciprocal cross

contrary

correlative

correspondent

equal

equivalent

exchanged

in return

interacting

internecine

inverted

mutualist

one another

pronoun

proportional

rec

reciprocally

reciprocative

respondent

responsive

retaliatory

reverse

reversed

reversible

seesaw

suchlike

two-part

two-party

two-sided

two-way

in answer

opposite word

accordant

reciprocatory

analogous

answering

Translations

réciproque

gegenseitig

reciproco

recíproco

mutuel

recíproco

wederkerig

wederzijds

wechselseitig

mutuo

reziprok

recíproca

αμοιβαίος

onderling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/

Etymology

From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).