Synonyms of freeloader

freeloader

noun

as in parasite

a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return

a freeloader who apparently intends to live off of his long-suffering parents forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parasite
• sponge
• leech
• sponger
• moocher
• dependent
• henchman
• free rider
• hanger-on
• bloodsucker
• deadbeat
• miser
• idler
• lackey
• sycophant
• satellite
• cheapskate
• toady
• tightwad
• skinflint
• piker
• stooge
• flunky
• scrooge
• yes-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• supporter
• benefactor
• philanthropist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of freeloader

There’s little worse in a gardener’s mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks to every four-legged freeloader within chewing distance. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Hookworms are freeloaders that live at the host’s expense inside their gut, drinking about two drops of blood per day. — Jay Kakade august 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026

The wide-open scam enriched Haitian freeloaders as Bonheur personally netted a million bucks in just two years after Joe Biden rang the dinner bell for every grifter in the Third World. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Allied participation should likewise be expanded so that deterrence is shared rather than carried by Washington alone for the benefit of freeloaders who consume Middle Eastern hydrocarbons and fertilizers. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

That will weed out the frauds, freeloaders and slumlords. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026

That is to buy Apple stock, the greatest freeloader in this AI race. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026

Under Bolsonaro, state funding dried up, and the government painted artists as freeloaders wasting taxpayer money. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026

Campillo objected to that rationale, contending residents of nearby cities shouldn’t be treated the same as tourists or characterized as rich freeloaders for visiting Balboa Park as non-residents of San Diego. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026