The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
Source: tatoeba (678623)
Parasite
/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/
Synonyms for "parasite" (192 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (96)
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
7 entriesCollocations
6 entrieshost parasite interactionparasite infectionparasite loadparasite reservoirparasitic diseaseparasitic organism
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
9 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- parasiet noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Albanian
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Arabic
1 entries- طُفِيل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Armenian
1 entries- մակաբույծ noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Asturian
1 entries- parásitu noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- tüfeyl noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- tüfeyli noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Belarusian
2 entries- паразы́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- паразі́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Bengali
1 entries- পরজীবী noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Bulgarian
1 entries- парази́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Burmese
1 entries- ကပ်ပါး noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Catalan
1 entries- paràsit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- چڵکاوخۆر noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寄生物 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- 寄生蟲 /寄生虫 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Czech
2 entries- cizopasník noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Danish
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Dutch
1 entries- parasiet noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Esperanto
1 entries- parazito noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Estonian
1 entries- parasiit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Finnish
1 entries- loinen noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
French
1 entries- parasite noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Friulian
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Galician
1 entries- parásito noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Georgian
1 entries- პარაზიტი noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
German
2 entries- Parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- Schmarotzer noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Greek
1 entries- παράσιτο noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Hebrew
2 entries- טַפִּיל noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- פָּרָזִיט noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Hindi
1 entries- परजीवी noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Hungarian
2 entries- parazita noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- élősködő noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Icelandic
2 entries- sníkill noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- sníkjudýr noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Ido
1 entries- parazito noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Indonesian
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اَنْگَل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Irish
1 entries- seadán noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Italian
1 entries- parassita noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Japanese
2 entries- 寄生物 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- 寄生虫 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Kazakh
1 entries- паразит noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Khmer
2 entries- បញ្ញើក្អែក noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- បរាសិត noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Korean
3 entries- 기생물 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- 기생식물 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- 기생충 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- паразит noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Latin
1 entries- parasītus noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Latvian
1 entries- parazīts noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Lithuanian
1 entries- parazitas noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Macedonian
1 entries- паразит noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Malay
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Māori
1 entries- pirinoa noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- parasitt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- parasitt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طفیل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- طفیلی noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Piedmontese
1 entries- parassit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Polish
1 entries- pasożyt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Portuguese
2 entries- parasita noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- verme noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Romanian
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Russian
1 entries- парази́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- námetnīk noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- paràzīt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- на́метнӣк noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- пара̀зӣт noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Slovak
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Slovene
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Spanish
1 entries- parásito noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Swahili
1 entries- kimelea noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Swedish
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Tagalog
2 entries- parasito noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- sasandig noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Tajik
2 entries- ангал noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- паразит noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Tamil
1 entries- ஒட்டுண்ணி noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Telugu
1 entries- పరాన్నజీవి noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Thai
1 entries- ปรสิต noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Turkish
2 entries- asalak noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Turkmen
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Ukrainian
1 entries- парази́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Urdu
3 entries- آکاش بیل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- اَمَر بیل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- طُفَیلی noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Uzbek
1 entries- parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kí sinh trùng noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- vật ký sinh noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Volapük
1 entries- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Welsh
2 entries- arfilyn noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
- parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
You're nothing more than a social parasite!
Source: tatoeba (1331956)
The alien is a small intelligent multidimensional parasite that attaches to the host's nervous system.
Source: tatoeba (4006459)
Hookworm is a worm, a parasite of man, that sticks to the small intestine.
Source: tatoeba (4435309)
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.