MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutually beneficial mean? 

• MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL (adjective)
  The adjective MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL has 1 sense:

1. mutually dependent

  Familiarity information: MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mutually dependent

Synonyms:

interdependent; mutualist; mutually beneficial

Similar:

dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)

 Context examples 

Hidden beneath every forest is a network of fungi living in mutually beneficial relationships with the trees.

(NASA Satellite Images Uncover Underground Forest Fungi, NASA)

Its interactions with humans to obtain food are mutually beneficial, but to obtain care for its young it is a brutal exploiter of other birds.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)