Thesaurus:scrounger

Thesaurus

scrounger

English

Noun

Sense: one who lives off others

Synonyms

• bloodsucker
• bummer (dated, US, slang)
• freeloader
• free rider
• gadfly (slang)
• leech
• mooch
• moocher
• parasite
• scrounge    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scrounger
• scunge
• smell-feast (archaic)
• sponge
• sponger
• sucker
• trencher mate (archaic)

Antonyms

• doer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• worker    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bludger (Aus & NZ, slang)
• deadhead
• stowaway
• tripulant

Hypernyms

• borrower    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hanger-on

See also

• beggar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idler    [⇒ thesaurus]

• Thesaurus:scrounge

Further reading

• “767. petitioner” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “scrounger” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.