Tom is nothing but a freeloader.
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Freeloader
//ˈfɹiːləʊdə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "freeloader" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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3 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 25 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müftəxor noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Catalan
2 entries- gorrer noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- paràsit noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不速之客 noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- 食客 noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Dutch
1 entries- klaploper noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Finnish
3 entries- siipeilijä noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- siivellä eläjä noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- vapaamatkustaja noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
French
2 entries- resquilleur noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- resquilleuse noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Georgian
1 entries- მუქთამჭამელი noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
German
3 entries- Schmarotzer noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- Schnorrer noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- Trittbrettfahrer noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Greek
3 entries- παράσιτο noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- τζαμπατζής noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- χαραμοφάης noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Hungarian
2 entries- potyaleső noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- potyázó noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Icelandic
1 entries- afæta noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Irish
2 entries- diúgaire noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- súmaire noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Italian
3 entries- approfittatore noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- parassita noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- scroccone noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Japanese
1 entries- 食客 noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Latin
2 entries- parasīta noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- parasītus noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- parazit noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Macedonian
4 entries- гага́џика noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- гага́џија noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- мо́лзач noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- мо́лзачка noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gratispassasjer noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Polish
2 entries- pasożyt noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- sęp noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Portuguese
1 entries- bicão noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Russian
4 entries- нахле́бник noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- нахле́бница noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- тунея́дец noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- тунея́дка noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grebator noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- grebatorica noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- muktaš noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- muktašica noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Spanish
4 entries- arrimado noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- chupóptero noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- garronero (Arg., Ur.) noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
- gorrero noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Swedish
1 entries- snyltare noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Welsh
1 entries- sbwnjwr noun (one who does not contribute or pay appropriately)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A poor student who wants to be able to attend college without getting into debt is called a freeloader who wants to sponge off taxpayers. A rich student who can attend college without getting into debt because they happen to have won the birth lottery is called "from a good family".
Source: tatoeba (6853502)
Yanni is a freeloader.
Source: tatoeba (9076290)
You're such a freeloader! You're always taking candy from me but you never give me any.
Source: tatoeba (9733273)
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