ecological
/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
ecological adjective: relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
Adjective
ecological (comparative more ecological, superlative most ecological)
- Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir...2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
- To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC
- Not harmful to the environment.
ecological meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
ecological in Hindi
- relating to ecology
- पारिस्थितिक pāristhitik, पारिस्थितिकीय pāristhitikīya
ecological in Urdu
- ماحولیاتی
ecological in Bengali
- বাস্তুসংস্থানসংক্রান্ত
ecological in Arabic
- relating to ecology
- بِيئِيّ bīʔiyy, إِيكُولُوجِيّ ʔīkūlūjiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- ecological in Indonesian
- ekologis
- ecological in Persian
- بومشناختی bum-šenâxti
Examples of ecological in a sentence
- When an area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity, an ecological deficit occurs.
- Our economic growth model will eventually hit up against hard ecological constraints.
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
Synonyms of ecological
Forms of ecological
| comparative | more ecological |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ecological |
| alternative form (archaic) | œcological |
Origin of ecological
From ecology + -ical.
Words formed from ecological
- aeroecological
- agroecological
- antiecological
- astroecological
- bioecological
- chemicoecological
- chemoecological
- chronoecological
- dendroecological
- ecoburb
- ecological footprint
- ecological grief
- ecologically
- ecological pyramid
- ecological service
- ecosan
- ecotage
- ecoteur
- ethnoecological
- geoecological
- hydroecological
- immunoecological
- macroecological
- microecological
- morphoecological
- nonecological
- paleoecological
- pedoecological
- physioecological
- phytoecological
- psychoecological
- radioecological
- socioecological
- subecological
- thermoecological
- unecological
- visuoecological
Phrases with ecological
Questions about ecological
- What does ecological mean?
- Ecological means relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
- What is ecological in Hindi?
- Ecological in Hindi is पारिस्थितिक (pāristhitik), पारिस्थितिकीय (pāristhitikīya). See Ecological meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ecological?
- Ecological is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ecological?
- Ecological is pronounced /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/.
Words near ecological in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ecological (page history and authors); ecological (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecological (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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