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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | drone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is lazy |
| Synonyms: | idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger |
| Antonyms: | overachiever, workaholic |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
| Antonyms: | leader |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | germ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | microscopic organism, often causing illness |
| Synonyms: | antibody, bacterium, bug*, disease, microbe, microorganism, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus, what's going around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | growth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tumor |
| Synonyms: | cancer, cancroid, excrescence, fibrous tissue, fibrousness, fungus, lump, mole, outgrowth, parasite, polyp, swelling, thickening, wen |
| 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: | microorganism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | germ |
| Synonyms: | bacterium, bug*, disease, disease-causing agent, microbe, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
| Synonyms: | backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, dependent, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, follower, groupie, hanger-on, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge, subordinate, toady, yes-man/woman, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | sponge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moocher |
| Synonyms: | bum*, cadger, deadbeat, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, panhandler, parasite, scrounger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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