bloodsucker

noun

blood·​suck·​er ˈbləd-ˌsə-kər 

1

: an animal that sucks blood

especially : leech

2

: a person who sponges or preys on another

bloodsucking

ˈbləd-ˌsə-kiŋ 

adjective

Synonyms

• parasite

Examples of bloodsucker in a Sentence

Our landlord, the bloodsucker, just raised our rent again.

the union accused the company executives of being bloodsuckers, since they had given themselves raises at a time when the rank and file were forced to take cuts in their benefits

Recent Examples on the Web

And as mosquito season has lengthened in recent years amid warming temperatures, some of the bloodsuckers now stick around until December in parts of the Southland. —Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025

The siblings played two very different types of bloodsuckers in their respective roles. —Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025

Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle. —Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Something wicked their way comes, belatedly, in the form of Remmick, a nomadic bloodsucker drawn by Sammie’s music. —A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bloodsucker

• pecker
• pucker
• succor
• sucker
• trucker
• tucker

Kids Definition

bloodsucker

noun

blood·​suck·​er -ˌsək-ər 

: an animal that sucks blood

especially : leech sense 1

bloodsucking

-ˌsək-iŋ 

adjective

Medical Definition

bloodsucker

noun

blood·​suck·​er -ˌsək-ər 

: an animal that sucks blood

especially : leech

bloodsucking

-iŋ 

adjective