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parasitenoun a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate returna parasite who lived in the family's basement and refused to get a job or pay rent bloodsucker, free rider, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, moocher, sponge, sponger dependentdeadbeat, idlerflunky(also flunkey or flunkie), henchman, lackey, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-mancheapskate, miser, niggard, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad benefactor, philanthropist, supporter parasite, sycophant, toady, leech, sponge mean a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker.parasite applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society.a jet-setter with an entourage of parasites sycophant adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation.a powerful prince surrounded by sycophants toady emphasizes the servility and snobbery of the self-seeker.cultivated leaders of society and became their toady leech stresses persistence in clinging to or bleeding another for one's own advantage.a leech living off his family and friends sponge stresses the parasitic laziness, dependence, and opportunism of the cadger.a shiftless sponge, always looking for a handout in 1539 |