Word Study
freeloader
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun freeloader has 1 sense
- freeloader(n = noun.person) Array - someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others; Array is a kind of borrower
Derived form verb freeload1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
freeloader, n. US sl. a person who eats or drinks at others' expense; a sponger.
Derivative
freeload v.intr.
THESAURUS
freeloader
barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger, caller, company, coupon clippers, deadbeat, deadhead, drone, free rider, frequenter, gate-crasher, guest, habitue, hanger-on, idle rich, leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, moocher, nonworker, panhandler, paper, paper house, parasite, pass holder, rentiers, smell-feast, spiv, sponge, sponger, sucker, the unemployable, the unemployed, uninvited guest, visitant, visitor, wellROGET THESAURUS
freeloader
Petitioner
N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.
For further exploring for "freeloader" in Webster Dictionary Online
