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Synonyms for mooch

Most common

leech grub scrounge cadge roam parasitize

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Bum — to beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain

bum, scrounge, leech, beg, grub, sponge, cadge, scunge slang

2. Borrow — to steal or filch

borrow, steal

Other

roam, parasitize, parasitise UK, bimble informal UK

Noun

1. Scrounger — one who mooches; a moocher

scrounger, moocher, cadger, parasite

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.

  2. v. 2

    To steal or filch.

  3. n. 1

    One who mooches; a moocher.

Related words

Word family
moocher

Forms

Plural
mooches → scroungers, moochers, cadgers, parasites…
Past participle
mooched
e.g. mooched → bummed, scrounged, leeched, begged…

Example sentences

  • leech The earthworm and the leech are both segmented worms.
  • grub Enough with the chit chat, let’s get some grub going!
  • scrounge I'll have to scrounge up another couple of dollars.
  • roam Those rogue rebels do not deserve to roam the Earth.
  • parasitize Politicians are hypocrite dilettante good-for-nothings who cheekily parasitize.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
moochrising
leechrising
grubrising
scroungerising
cadgerising
roamrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
beg1, bum1
4 letters
roam1, grub1
5 letters
steal1, leech1, cadge1
6 letters
borrow2, sponge1, bimble, scunge, cadger
7 letters
moocher
8 letters
parasite3, scrounge1
9 letters
scrounger
10 letters
parasitize, parasitise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (borrow2 = 2 syllables).

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