Definition for Parasite:

• [ Gr.] One who lives by eating at the table of a patron. Hence a flatterer or fawner.

Synonyms for Parasite:

• n.

  •
  • bear,
  • arthropod,
  • biped,
  • bacteria,
  • amphibian,
  • big game,
  • beast,
  • adult,
  • arachnid,
  • beast of burden.
  •
  • couch potato,
  • bum,
  • dependent,
  • lump,
  • hanger-on.
  •
  • dependence.
  •animal (noun)
  • parasite.
  •bloodsucker (noun)
  • vampire,
  • extortioner,
  • Sanguisuge,
  • extortioners,
  • vampires.
  •extortionist (noun)
  • bloodsucker.
  •follower (noun)
  • bootlicker,
  • promoter,
  • votary,
  • sidekick,
  • vassal,
  • participant.
  •germ (noun)
  • dis-ease,
  • anti body,
  • anti-bodies,
  • what going around,
  • dis-eases,
  • what's going arounds,
  • anti bodies,
  • dis ease,
  • whats going arounds,
  • whats going around,
  • anti-body,
  • dis eases,
  • what going arounds.
  •gold digger (noun)
  • forty-niner,
  • exploiter,
  • mineworkers,
  • exploiters,
  • mineworker,
  • Gold Panner,
  • user,
  • gold miner.
  •growth (noun)
  • cancroids,
  • out growth,
  • out-growths,
  • out growths,
  • out-growth,
  • fibrousnesses.
  •hanger-on (noun)
  • truckler,
  • dependents,
  • trucklers.
  •parasite (noun)
  • leech.
  •something that exists by taking from or depending on another (noun)
  • flunky,
  • groupie,
  • sucker,
  • taker,
  • barnacle,
  • stooge,
  • scrounger.
  •sponge (noun)
  • scroungers.
  •sycophant (noun)
  • handshakers.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • laggard,
  • Cryptosporidium,
  • lazybones,
  • timeserver,
  • slowpoke,
  • roundworm,
  • slacker,
  • worm,
  • tapeworm,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • slob,
  • goldbrick,
  • beggar,
  • wastrel,
  • layabout.
  •
  • loafer,
  • hookworm,
  • passenger,
  • tick.
  •
  • growth,
  • mold,
  • norm.
  •
  • vegetable.

Paraphrases for Parasite:

• Equivalence

  • Foreign word
    parasitic.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    extraneous, spurious.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    interference, infection, bug, clutter.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    stray, pest, parasitic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    pest, parasitic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pest, vermin, deadbeat, parasitism, parasitic.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    parasitic.

Antonyms for Parasite:

• n.

  • animal
    host.
  • something that exists by taking from or depending on another
    blessing.
  • Other antonyms:
    benefactor, philanthropist, supporter.

Parasite Sentence Examples:

• The parasite life he had led had rendered him supple.

• But few people who are not on the inside, so to speak, grasp the fact that big corporations, like the Railroad, are looked upon as fair game for every kind of parasite.

Hypernym for Parasite:

• n.

  • animal
    endozoan, ectoparasite, entozoan, epizoon, parasitic plant, entozoon, ectozoan, entoparasite, ectozoon, endoparasite, epizoan.

Hyponym for Parasite:

• n.

  • animal
    organism, being.