| Main Entry: | freeloader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone who takes advantage |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, leech, moocher, parasite, sponge |
| Main Entry: | hanger-on |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who attends the powerful for status or benefit |
Synonyms: |
dependent, flunky, follower, freeloader, lackey, leech, nuisance, parasite, sponger, sycophant, truckler |
| Main Entry: | leech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parasite |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, bloodsucker, bum*, freeloader, scrounger, sponge, sycophant |
| Notes: | leach means to remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; a leech is a carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic worms typically having a sucker at each end - or a follower who hangs around a host in hope of gain |
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker |
Antonyms: |
blessing |
| Main Entry: | sponge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moocher |
Synonyms: |
bum*, cadger, deadbeat, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, panhandler, parasite, scrounger |
| Main Entry: | lounge lizard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social parasite |
Synonyms: |
cadger, freeloader, idle man, moocher, sponger |
| Main Entry: | barnacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parasite |
Synonyms: |
appendage, bloodsucker, crustacean, freeloader, hanger-on, leech |
| Main Entry: | bloodsucker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extortionist |
Synonyms: |
extortioner, freeloader, leech, parasite, sanguisuge, sponge, tick, vampire |
| Main Entry: | cadger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
Synonyms: |
bum, freeloader, mendicant, mooch, moocher, scrounger, sponge, sponger |