hanger-on
Unwanted entourage member
A hanger-on is someone who associates with a person or group mainly to gain advantage or reflected status, without contributing much in return.
The term is mildly disparaging, suggesting opportunism or sycophancy: The celebrity traveled with an entourage of hangers-on.
Plural: hangers-on.
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- fawnerOne who flatters servilely
- yes-manUncritical agreeable subordinate
lackey · minion · groveler · brownnose · apple-polisher · suck-up · ass-kisser · obsequious
One exploiting others' generosity
- moocherOne who cadges habitually
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- leechBlood-feeding aquatic worm
- scroungerOne who begs opportunistically
bloodsucker · cadger · deadbeat · sponger · barnacle · drone · user · exploiter
Obsessive celebrity follower
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- acolyteClergy's ceremonial assistant
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
entourage · retinue · sidekick · appendage · shadow · satellite · tail · attendant
One who enters uninvited
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
nuisance · pest · buttinsky · encroacher · trespasser · imposition · obtrusive · pushy
One receiving expert guidance
- wardProtected person; division
- chargeCost or accusation
- clientOne who hires professionals
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
retainer · pensioner · beneficiary · dependant · recipient · sponsored · patronized · subsidized
toady
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- fawnerOne who flatters servilely
yes-man · lackey · minion · groveler · brownnose · apple-polisher · suck-up · ass-kisser · obsequious · servile
freeloader
One exploiting others' generosity
scrounger · bloodsucker · cadger · deadbeat · sponger · barnacle · drone · user · exploiter · taker
groupie
Obsessive celebrity follower
disciple · entourage · retinue · sidekick · appendage · shadow · satellite · tail · attendant · companion
interloper
One who enters uninvited
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
unwelcome · nuisance · pest · buttinsky · encroacher · trespasser · imposition · obtrusive · pushy · presumptuous
protege
One receiving expert guidance
vassal · retainer · pensioner · beneficiary · dependant · recipient · sponsored · patronized · subsidized · maintained
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- unwantedreject, outcast, pariah, uninvited guest, intruder
- hangers-ontagalong, leech, parasite, freeloader, sponger
- moochingmooch, moocher, mooching, freeloader, freeloading
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- celebrity entouragebodyguard, bodyguards, assistant, assistants, manager
hanger-onindependent
Free from external control
self-made man · self-starter · lone wolf · free agent · rugged individualist
hanger-onbenefactor
One who gives aid
patron · philanthropist · supporter · sponsor · contributor
hang, hanging, hung, hangs, overhang, hangers, overhanging, overhung, hangers-on