freeloader
noun
1 freeloader
Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
Roget 767:
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 [U.S.],
tout,
touter†.
[poor person]
pauper,
homeless person,
hobo,
bum,
tramp,
bindle stiff,
bo,
knight of the road
(poverty)
804;
hippie,
flower child;
hard core unemployed;
welfare client,
welfare case.
canvasser,
bagman
etc.
758;
salesman.
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Dutch: klaploper, steuntrekker, uitkeringstrekker
Moby thesaurus: 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, well ... show more.
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