| 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: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause blood to flow |
Synonyms: |
drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
| Main Entry: | deadbeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeloader |
Synonyms: |
bum, debtor, leech, loafer, moocher, parasite, sponge |
| Main Entry: | drone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is lazy |
Synonyms: |
idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger |
Antonyms: |
overachiever, workaholic |
| 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: | 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: | gold digger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunist |
Synonyms: |
bloodsucker, exploiter, forty-niner, gold miner, gold panner, leech, mineworker, parasite, sponge, user |
| Main Entry: | barnacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parasite |
Synonyms: |
appendage, bloodsucker, crustacean, freeloader, hanger-on, leech |