parasite
[noun]
Synonyms: sponger (informal), bloodsucker (informal), hanger-on, leech, scrounger (informal)

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Related Words: dependent, smell-feast, deadbeat, idler, laze

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par‧a‧site /ˈpærəsaɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek parasitos, from para- ( ⇒ para-) + sitos 'grain, food']

1. a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal and gets food from it

2. informal a lazy person who does not work but depends on other people – used to show disapproval

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

parasite
noun
ADJ. common | dangerous These flies carry a dangerous parasite.
external, internal | intestinal
VERB + PARASITE carry, have

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