Parasite

//ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt//

Synonyms for "parasite" (177 found)

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Translations

179 translations across 73 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • parasiet noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • παράσιτος noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Arabic

2 entries
  • طُفَيْلِيّ noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • طُفِيل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ձրիակեր noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • մակաբույծ noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • պորտաբույծ noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Asturian

2 entries
  • parásitu noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parásitu noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • müftə yeyən noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • müftəxor noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • tüfeyl noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дармае́д noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • паразы́т noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • паразы́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • паразі́т noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পরজীবী noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • парази́т noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • парази́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကပ်ပါး noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • ကပ်ပါး noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Catalan

2 entries
  • paràsit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • paràsit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • مشەخۆر noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • چڵکاوخۆر noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 寄生物 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • 寄生蟲 /寄生虫 noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 寄生蟲 /寄生虫 noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • 食客 noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Czech

4 entries
  • cizopasník noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • parazit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • příživník noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Danish

2 entries
  • parasit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Dutch

3 entries
  • parasiet noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasiet noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • profiteur noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

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

2 entries
  • loinen noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • parasiitti noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

French

3 entries
  • parasite noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasite noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • profiteur noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Friulian

1 entries
  • parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Galician

2 entries
  • parásito noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

3 entries
  • Parasit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

2 entries
  • παράσιτο noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • παράσιτο noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טַפִּיל noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • פָּרָזִיט noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • פָּרָזִיט noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Hindi

2 entries
  • परजीवी noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • परजीवी noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • parazita noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazita noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • élősködő noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • élősködő noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • afæta noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • sníkill noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • sníkjudýr noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

2 entries
  • اَنْگَل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • طُفَیل noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Irish

4 entries
  • diúgaire noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • péist noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • sceartán noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • seadán noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Italian

2 entries
  • parassita noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

3 entries
  • parasīta noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasītus noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

2 entries
  • паразит noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • паразит noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Malay

2 entries
  • bendalu noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Māori

3 entries
  • kaitahaumu noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parakūkā noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • pirinoa noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • parasitt noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasitt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • parasitt noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parasitt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اویونتو noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • اویونتی noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • طفیل noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • طفیلی noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • parassit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Polish

4 entries
  • darmozjad noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazyt noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • pasożyt noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • pasożyt noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • parasita noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

3 entries
  • parazit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • parazită noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Russian

4 entries
  • дармое́д noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • нахле́бник noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • парази́т noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • парази́т noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gotòvān noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • gotòvānka noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • námetnīk noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • námetnīk noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Slovak

3 entries
  • parazit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)
  • príživník noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)

Slovene

2 entries
  • parazit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • parazit noun ((biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Spanish

2 entries
  • parásito noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

2 entries
  • parasit noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

2 entries
  • ஒட்டுண்ணி noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

3 entries
  • дармої́д noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • парази́т noun (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back)
  • 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

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The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

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You're nothing more than a social parasite!

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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.

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