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mutual

mutual

10 7.1
A person you follow who follows you back
  • noun
  • /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : seguidor mutuo
  • I discovered that we have a mutual friend on Instagram who loves hiking just like I do.

I don't have this contigo, which is so funny because at the time when I screenshotted to Yo Nueramos Amigos, I don't even think we were mutuals.

Examples

  • I seen Jacquis's videos through a through mutual friends that we knew.

  • She followed me back on Twitter, making her a mutual connection among all my followers.

  • So Mike is our mutual really good friend of ours and you may know him as Science Mike.

  • And so we got connected through mutual friend Bryce Case Junior.

  • We have a a mutual family friend, Coach Eckler, who was my coach in Nebraska.

  • Similarly, early adopters of Twitter enjoyed a love fest of mutual follows.

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  • And I haven't had a video in a while where my mutuals and my IRL friends were like, you know what Edward, I like that video.

  • Our mutual friend introduced us at the party, and we quickly realized we had a lot in common.

Compounds

mutual fund
  • Specialized
82 3.5

A way to invest money where many people put money together and experts buy many investments

mutual friend
32 2.4

A person who is a friend of two people and known by both

mutual understanding
4 3.4

A situation where two or more people share the same feelings and ideas

mutual admiration society
2 7.4

A group of people who praise each other too much

mutual fund company
  • Specialized
2 4.9

A business that manages money from many people and sells shares so they can invest

mutual affection
1 3.5

A feeling of liking and care shared by two people or groups

mutual aid
  • Formal
1 3.5

Agreements where countries promise to help each other in emergencies

mutual aid
  • Jargon
1 3.9

Voluntary help neighbors and other people give each other, often during crises

coefficient of mutual induction
  • Specialized
9.9

A number showing how much a changing current in one coil makes a voltage in another coil

mutual dorkdom
  • Slang
9.9

A shared interest in nerdy things like comics or video games between people

mutual exclusiveness
8.2

A situation where two things cannot both happen or be true at the same time

mutual inductance
  • Specialized
8.1

A measure of how much one circuit causes a voltage in another nearby circuit when current changes

mutual induction
  • Specialized
7.4

A change in current in one circuit causes a current in a nearby circuit

mutual opposition
7.7

A situation where two ideas, groups, or feelings are against each other

mutual resemblance
4.4

People or things that seem very similar to each other

mutual savings bank
  • Specialized
4.6

People who save money there own the bank

Surface Forms

mutual singular
mutuals plural

Etymology

Mutual as a noun uses the same root mutuus ('given back' or 'shared') and is a modern short form of the adjective. A helpful way to remember the social media meaning is to think 'both ways' — a mutual is someone who follows you and you follow them.