moocher
Never pays back
A moocher is someone who habitually gets things from others without paying or reciprocating—food, money, rides, lodging.
The word carries mild contempt: moochers impose on others' generosity rather than providing for themselves.
He's such a moocher—always bumming cigarettes but never buying his own.
The verb is mooch.
One who begs opportunistically
- cadgerPersistent borrower without repayment
- leechBlood-feeding aquatic worm
- bumIdle vagrant
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
schnorrer · bludger · panhandler · beggar · loafer · idler · layabout · slacker
scrounger
One who begs opportunistically
deadbeat · schnorrer · bludger · panhandler · beggar · loafer · idler · layabout · slacker · taker
leech
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
- bloodsuckerOrganism feeding on plasma
- hanger-onOpportunistic social dependent
- userOne who operates something
exploiter · drone · tick · flea · louse · burden · dependent · clinger · barnacle · vampire
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
tramp · transient · wanderer · nomad · itinerant · vagabond · dosser
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- freeloaderssponge, scrounger, scrounge, cadger, leech
- hangers-onhanger-on, tagalong, leech, parasite, clinger
- moochingfreeloading, sponging, leech, leeching, scrounger
- opportunistsopportunist, exploiter, user, gold digger, fortune hunter
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
moocherbenefactor
One who gives aid
giver · philanthropist · donor · patron · provider
moochercontributor
One who provides something
hard worker · producer · breadwinner · workhorse · overachiever
moocherindependent
Free from external control
self-made man · self-made woman · bootstrapper · provider · wage earner
- mooching offExploiting others' generosity
- mooch offHabitually take advantage
- mooched offTook without reciprocating
- mooches offHabitually takes from others