They have children only so they can mooch off welfare.
Source: tatoeba (6045784)
Mooch
//muːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "mooch" (176 found)
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Strong matches (52)
Verb(21 words)
cozencribembezzlefilchfleecefloggafflegilravagegrubhalf-inchheaveheistjackkidnapkipeknock offkyperleechliberatelift
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divagatedo nothingdriftflitgadgad aboutgallivantgo aboutgo the roundsgoof offhang aroundhithit the roadhit the trailhit uphoboidlejauntknock aboutknock around
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Noun(4 words)
Related words (88)
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2 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
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12 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- gorrejar verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
Czech
4 entries- loudit verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- somrovat verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- vyloudit verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- vysomrovat verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
French
1 entries- errer verb (wander around aimlessly)
Galician
4 entries- deambular verb (wander around aimlessly)
- errar verb (wander around aimlessly)
- vadiar verb (wander around aimlessly)
- vagar verb (wander around aimlessly)
German
2 entries- herumlungern verb (wander around aimlessly)
- schnorren verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
Māori
1 entries- whakatairangi verb (wander around aimlessly)
Polish
1 entries- snuć się verb (wander around aimlessly)
Portuguese
1 entries- zanzar verb (wander around aimlessly)
Russian
3 entries- побира́ться verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- попроша́йничать verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- слоня́ться verb (wander around aimlessly)
Spanish
2 entries- gorrear verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
- vagar verb (wander around aimlessly)
Swedish
1 entries- snylta verb (beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I'm going to mooch a meal off you at your place.
Source: tatoeba (11294107)
Near-synonyms: loiter, roam
Source: wiktionary
These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist’s shop.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.