'Sponger' definitions:
Definition of 'sponger'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sponger'
From: GCIDE
- Sponger \Spon"ger\ (-j[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One employed in gathering sponges. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sponger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barnacle,
- beat,
- beggar,
- bloodsucker,
- bummer,
- cadger,
- coupon clippers,
- deadbeat,
- drone,
- freeloader,
- hanger-on,
- idle rich,
- leech,
- leisure class,
- lounge lizard,
- lumpen proletariat,
- mendicant,
- moocher,
- nonworker,
- panhandler,
- parasite,
- rentiers,
- smell-feast,
- spiv,
- sponge,
- sucker,
- the unemployable,
- the unemployed