FREELOADERS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

freeloaders

noun

plural of freeloader

as in parasites

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

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Recent Examples of freeloaders 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 Remember how in 2023 when swarms of these surly, entitled freeloaders suddenly materialized – in Terminal E, of all places. —

Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025

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parasites

Noun

Crustaceans are nibblers of plants, scavengers of carrion, and parasites of larger animals.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
Further, co-author Thomas Wierzba, a professor of infectious diseases at Wake Forest School of Medicine, explains that ETVAX reduced moderate-to-severe diarrhea from viruses, bacteria or other parasites by 21 percent.

— Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026