freeloads
Takes without contributing
Freeloads means to take advantage of others' generosity without contributing in return.
Someone who freeloads accepts food, housing, rides, or other benefits without paying or reciprocating: He's been freeloading off his parents for years.
The word carries strong disapproval—freeloading suggests deliberate exploitation rather than genuine need.
Absorbent cleaning material
- leechBlood-feeding aquatic worm
- moochObtain by begging
- scroungeObtain through begging
- cadgeObtain by begging
parasite · hanger-on · bloodsucker · bludge · moocher · sponger · scrounger · deadbeat
sponge
Absorbent cleaning material
cadge · parasite · hanger-on · bloodsucker · bludge · moocher · sponger · scrounger · deadbeat · bum
imposition
Unfair demand on someone
- strainExcessive stretching force
- drainChannel for wastewater
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
liability · dead weight · albatross · millstone · drag · hindrance · tax · weight · dependent · obligation
freeloadscontributes
Gives toward a goal
pulls one's weight · earns one's keep · reciprocates · chips in · pitches in