Definition for Parasite:

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

Synonyms for Parasite:

• n.

  •
  • bacteria,
  • arachnid,
  • fungus,
  • arthropod,
  • amphibian,
  • biped,
  • bear,
  • adult,
  • animal,
  • beast.
  •
  • dependent,
  • freeloader,
  • hanger-on,
  • lump,
  • deadbeat,
  • layabout,
  • slob,
  • sycophant,
  • goldbrick,
  • passenger,
  • bum,
  • slowpoke.
  •
  • dependence.
  •bloodsucker (noun)
  • extortioner.
  •extortionist (noun)
  • bloodsucker.
  •follower (noun)
  • sidekick,
  • bootlicker,
  • vassal,
  • votary.
  •hanger-on (noun)
  • truckler,
  • hanger-on.
  •opportunist (noun)
  • gold digger.
  •parasite (noun)
  • leech,
  • sponge,
  • sponger.
  •something that exists by taking from or depending on another (noun)
  • deadbeat,
  • bootlicker,
  • scrounger,
  • leech,
  • groupie,
  • sucker,
  • idler,
  • flunky,
  • sycophant,
  • taker,
  • barnacle,
  • freeloader,
  • hanger-on,
  • stooge,
  • bloodsucker,
  • dependent,
  • sponge.
  •sponge (noun)
  • scrounger.
  •tumor (noun)
  • growth.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • goldbrick,
  • idler,
  • lazybones,
  • worm,
  • deadbeat,
  • layabout,
  • slob,
  • laggard,
  • slowpoke,
  • slacker,
  • freeloader,
  • timeserver,
  • beggar,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • Cryptosporidium.
  •
  • loafer,
  • drone,
  • passenger,
  • tick.
  •
  • mold,
  • growth.
  •
  • vegetable.
  •
  • bum.
  •bacillus
  • germ.
  •leech
  • leech,
  • hanger-on.
  •mushroom
  • fungus.
  •toady
  • fawner.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cockroach,
  • ward,
  • pursuer,
  • negro,
  • acolyte,
  • Confervoid,
  • aviate,
  • laggard,
  • extortionist,
  • leisure class,
  • cortege,
  • vassal,
  • moulder,
  • mop,
  • toady,
  • saprophyte,
  • feed,
  • fawner,
  • yes-man,
  • bootlicker,
  • creature,
  • abscond,
  • idler gear,
  • vine,
  • partisan,
  • succulent,
  • villian,
  • satellite,
  • bedesman,
  • Sectary,
  • climber,
  • mosquito,
  • client,
  • brown-nose,
  • elude,
  • sweet talker,
  • jigger,
  • flatterer,
  • brown algae,
  • jackal,
  • endure,
  • Tufthunter,
  • puppet,
  • greenhorn,
  • carpet knight,
  • phytoplankton,
  • rout,
  • menial,
  • scrounger,
  • scoundrel,
  • deadbeat,
  • gall fly,
  • fly,
  • Toad-eater,
  • moss,
  • Pickthank,
  • Claqueur,
  • Flaneur,
  • toad,
  • gulfweed,
  • false light,
  • spaniel,
  • parazoan,
  • puffer,
  • fungus,
  • truckler,
  • ivy,
  • laze,
  • Pursuivant,
  • earwig,
  • algae,
  • pensionary,
  • stooge,
  • dependence,
  • backscratcher,
  • mercenary,
  • train,
  • biped,
  • lapdog,
  • legume,
  • henchman,
  • touter,
  • tool,
  • bean,
  • successor,
  • rockweed,
  • Ryot,
  • dependent,
  • Doughface,
  • free rider,
  • Toadeater,
  • dog flea,
  • diatom,
  • flea,
  • servant,
  • slowpoke,
  • helot,
  • adherent,
  • amphibian,
  • worm,
  • passenger,
  • moocher,
  • parasitic plant,
  • flunky,
  • deadhead,
  • slob,
  • red algae,
  • fan,
  • idler,
  • fern,
  • crab,
  • tumbler gear,
  • microorganism,
  • shadow,
  • break,
  • Tagtail,
  • courtier,
  • arthropod,
  • hover,
  • public,
  • protege,
  • mushroom,
  • pensioner,
  • following,
  • hireling,
  • leave,
  • entourage,
  • bear,
  • soar,
  • lentil,
  • snob,
  • gold digger,
  • attendance,
  • Dangler,
  • parasitic oscillation,
  • animal,
  • hanger-on,
  • bummer,
  • fucus,
  • flee,
  • taker,
  • puffball,
  • chigoe,
  • beadsman,
  • sargassum,
  • vegetable,
  • barnacle,
  • right-hand man,
  • seaweed,
  • dependant,
  • ame damnee,
  • germ,
  • freeloader,
  • nit,
  • hirudinean,
  • autophyte,
  • backslapper,
  • sea moss,
  • tail,
  • Bondslave,
  • scrounge,
  • mould,
  • beast,
  • louse,
  • Red Bug,
  • cohort,
  • spiv,
  • hyaena,
  • creeper,
  • follower,
  • timeserver,
  • fell,
  • bum,
  • latch,
  • Smell-feast,
  • beggar,
  • reverse gear,
  • layabout,
  • loafer,
  • kelp,
  • platyhelminth,
  • parasitize,
  • helper,
  • suite,
  • poriferan,
  • goldbrick,
  • slacker,
  • blackmailer,
  • herb,
  • pea,
  • firefly,
  • cat flea,
  • weevil,
  • conferva,
  • wort,
  • roach,
  • servility,
  • adult,
  • toadstool,
  • villein,
  • aide,
  • serf,
  • extortioner,
  • heterophyte,
  • green algae,
  • escape,
  • wrack,
  • grayback,
  • Cryptosporidium,
  • appendage,
  • mouldy,
  • minion,
  • leechlike,
  • brown-noser,
  • bloodsucker,
  • rat,
  • bacteria,
  • mendicant,
  • wheedler,
  • ass-kisser,
  • court,
  • retinue,
  • Sizar,
  • disciple,
  • sargasso,
  • assistant,
  • mold,
  • aide-de-camp,
  • run,
  • parasites,
  • sycophant,
  • grapevine,
  • beat,
  • smut,
  • draw,
  • bondsman,
  • growth,
  • Heeler,
  • retainer,
  • shoot,
  • time-server,
  • clawback,
  • mite,
  • arachnid,
  • sidekick,
  • cavaliere servente,
  • rust,
  • lieutenant,
  • tick,
  • lickspittle,
  • go,
  • parasitic,
  • planktonic algae,
  • panhandler,
  • bedbug,
  • hyena,
  • bloodsucking,
  • reptile,
  • Lice,
  • bracken,
  • flesh fly,
  • lump,
  • proneur,
  • unemployed,
  • parasitical,
  • lichen,
  • groupie,
  • lazybones,
  • lumpen proletariat,
  • helminth,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • sea wrack,
  • liana,
  • votary,
  • vermin,
  • vetch,
  • execute,
  • drone,
  • buff,
  • slave,
  • wood tick,
  • lounge lizard,
  • easy rider,
  • odalisque,
  • sand flea,
  • cadger,
  • flunkey,
  • nonworker,
  • trainbearer,
  • sucker,
  • bondswoman,
  • attendant,
  • pulse,
  • bleed,
  • elope,
  • liverwort.

Antonyms for Parasite:

• n.

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

Hypernym for Parasite:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Parasite:

• n.

  • animal
    organism, being.