on the scrounge
- scroungingSeeking handouts resourcefully
- moochingHabitually seeking handouts
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- cadgingObtaining through begging
- freeloadingExploiting others' generosity
blagging · bumming · sponging · hustling · foraging · rummaging · desperate · skint · broke · handout · spare change · borrowing · pleading · moocher · scavenger · shameless · pestering · hard up
acquisition method
on the scroungeearning one's keep
Compensating for upkeep received
buying · self-sufficient · self-reliant · purchasing · pulling one's weight
resource disposition
on the scroungegenerous
Willing to give freely
philanthropic · charitable · benevolent · giving · magnanimous
self-sufficiency
on the scroungeself-sufficient
Able to provide independently
self-reliant · independent · self-supporting · well-off · affluent