Scavenger

Synonyms for "scavenger" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(5 words)
antioxidantbeachcomberbuzzardcarrion eatercarrion feeder

Strong matches (18)

Noun(9 words)
condorcondorsdead matter feederdumpster divergarbage pickerhyaenahyenasjackaljackals

Related words (29)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries
animalanimate beingbeastbrutechemical agentchemical reagentcreaturefaunahoarderhumanorganismpersonreagent

More specific

7 entries
carrion beetledumpster diverjackaloxygen scavengerradical scavengerscrap dealervulture

Collocations

5 entries
scavenger behaviorscavenger dietscavenger huntscavenger organismscavenger species

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm organizing a scavenger hunt for my son's thirteenth birthday party.

Source: tatoeba (1157925)

Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat.

Source: tatoeba (2255534)

I'm on a scavenger hunt.

Source: tatoeba (8060915)

“It was fun because they sang happy birthday, we did a scavenger hunt and we did a dance party,” Emma added.

Source: tatoeba (8697356)

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