MUTUAL.
Synonyms:
| common, | correlative, | interchangeable, | joint, | reciprocal. |
That is common to which two or more persons have the same or equal claims, or in which they have equal interest or participation; in the strictest sense, that is mutual (Latin mutare, to change) which is freely interchanged; that is reciprocal in respect to which one act or movement is met by a corresponding act or movement in return; we speak of our common country, mutual affection, reciprocal obligations, the reciprocal action of cause and effect, where the effect becomes in turn a cause. Many good writers hold it incorrect to say "a mutual friend," and insist that "a common friend" would be more accurate; but "common friend" is practically never used, because of the disagreeable suggestion that attaches to common, of ordinary or inferior. "Mutual friend" has high literary authority (of Burke, Scott, Dickens, and others), and a considerable usage of good society in its favor,[247] the expression being quite naturally derived from the thoroughly correct phrase mutual friendship.
Antonyms:
| detached, | distinct, | separate, | severed, | unconnected, | unrequited, |
| disconnected, | disunited, | separated, | sundered, | unreciprocated, | unshared. |
| dissociated, |
MYSTERIOUS.
Synonyms:
| abstruse, | inexplicable, | recondite, |
| cabalistic, | inscrutable, | secret, |
| dark, | mystic, | transcendental, |
| enigmatical, | mystical, | unfathomable, |
| hidden, | obscure, | unfathomed, |
| incomprehensible, | occult, | unknown. |