parasite
noun
Origin of parasite
Synonyms for parasite
Related Words for parasite
sycophant, stooge, dependent, sucker, deadbeat, sponge, barnacle, groupie, bloodsucker, idler, freeloader, flunky, hanger-on, leech, taker, scrounger, bootlickerExamples from the Web for parasite
Contemporary Examples of parasite
The film reaches its climax when Temple is felled by giardia, a parasite that infects the small intestine.
It was Italian doctors who proved that the parasite was carried by mosquitoes.
Al Qaeda is a parasite that feeds on social instability and turmoil.
All of this feeds a caricature of Washington as a parasite on the real economy.
Historical Examples of parasite
He ceased for a time at least to be a gentleman to become a hanger-on, a parasite once more.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
Parasiticus means a parasite; so called because it grows on a Scleroderma.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
To be proud that one wasn't a loafer or a drone, or a parasite on the body economic.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
And you can't understand that I am precisely what you've described--a parasite!
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
It is an unaccountable prejudice that makes the parasite unpopular.
One Of ThemCharles James Lever