Definition for Leech:

• A worm found in water, used for bleeding purposes.

Synonyms for Leech:

• n.

  •
  • aphid,
  • bee,
  • ant,
  • bluebottle,
  • blowfly,
  • beetle,
  • bedbug,
  • black widow,
  • boll weevil.
  •
  • dependence.
  •bloodsucker (noun)
  • vampire,
  • Sanguisuge,
  • extortioners,
  • vampires,
  • extortioner.
  •dependent (noun)
  • sycophant.
  •extortionist (noun)
  • bloodsucker.
  •gold digger (noun)
  • forty-niner,
  • mineworkers,
  • mineworker,
  • exploiter,
  • exploiters,
  • user,
  • Gold Panner,
  • gold miner.
  •hanger-on (noun)
  • truckler,
  • dependents,
  • trucklers.
  •hirudinean (noun)
  • hirudinean.
  •parasite (noun)
  • bootlicker,
  • barnacle,
  • scrounger,
  • takers,
  • scroungers,
  • bum.

• v.

  •bleed (verb)
  • puts the screws to,
  • over charge,
  • ex-tracts,
  • over-charge,
  • over charges,
  • putting the screws to,
  • opened vein,
  • ex-tract,
  • phlebotomizes,
  • Phlebotomizing,
  • over charging,
  • over-charged,
  • Phlebotomized,
  • over-charging,
  • putting screws to,
  • puts screws to,
  • ex tract,
  • opens vein,
  • strongarm,
  • opening vein,
  • over charged,
  • ex tracts,
  • over-charges.
  •body (verb)
  • phlebotomise,
  • leech.
  •freeload (verb)
  • lived off others,
  • live others,
  • lives off others,
  • living others,
  • lives others,
  • lived others.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • roundworm,
  • worm,
  • money-grubber,
  • cheapskate,
  • tapeworm,
  • Ligger,
  • scrooge,
  • Cryptosporidium,
  • tightwad,
  • miser,
  • skinflint.
  •
  • hanger-on,
  • taker,
  • vulture,
  • hookworm.
  •
  • host.
  •bleed
  • phlebotomize,
  • Extracting,
  • Leeching,
  • seeped,
  • Oozed,
  • put screws to,
  • strong arm,
  • exhaust,
  • steal,
  • open vein,
  • skin,
  • put the screws to,
  • gush,
  • Leeched,
  • gushes,
  • overcharge.

Antonyms for Leech:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    benefactor, philanthropist, supporter.

Leech Sentence Examples:

• The Leech - Gatherer and the story of " Margaret" in The Excursion also deal with lowly characters and exhibit Wordsworth's power of pathos and simple earnestness.

• I little dreamed then that I should come to London again, and meet John Leech and become his friend; that I should be, alas!

Homophones for Leech:

• laugh, lascaux, lollygag, look, laic, lycosa, likewise, leakage, leitch, lechwe, lees, lugosi, lilac, lxxx, low-key, Louis I, loloish, lux, lac wax, lug, lakh, lisu, lucy, liliales, lick, lychee, lox, less, lxx, lxxi, leach, Lego, lash, lxxxi, lx, lax, lassie, louse, lasso, lough, lack, Louis Ix, loco, laius, luxe, laze, Leo Esaki, Louis Xii, luge, leaky, leacock, loasaceae, lysis, loasa, lousy, Louis Xiii, lxxiii, laws, lessee, leg, leggy, louche, leek, lallygag, lucky, lilylike, Louis Ii, lhasa, lease, losses, Leo X, leak, lockjaw, logo, lake, loach, lxxxii, Liliaceae, Lusaka, loligo, lassa, lucas, luce, leechee, lazy, lichee, laicize, laicise, log, loos, locke, loggia, lag, lackey, loess, lxi, laos, lichi, leash, Louis Agassiz, lockage, leo xiii, luggage, lygus, loki, Louis X, lao-zi, lachaise, lewis, league, lxii, lycee, loss, Lake Cayuga, Louis Iii, Lugh, logic, lxxii, log z's, lochia, lace, loquacious, lasix, lxxxiii, lachesis, laugh away, Louis XI, lxiii, lexis, loose, luscious, lazio, lie awake, loge, lycia, liliaceous, leakey, leetch, lac, luik, leo ix, legs, logy, loch, logos, lagos, liege, lock away, like, lacy, louis, liaise, liza, luke, lush, Lech, lewisia, lek, look away, llullaillaco, lass, leigh, locus, legacy, loxia, luck, lock, lyssa, leuciscus, lawless, lose, lake keuka, lossy.

Hyponym for Leech:

• n.

  • person
    follower.

• v.

  • body
    treat, care for.