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Antonyms for sponger

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spuhn-jer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspʌn dʒər

Definition of sponger

As in loafer : noun person who is idle, lazy
As in lounge lizard : noun social parasite
As in cadger : noun beggar
As in layabout : noun bum
As in lazybones : noun bum
As in do-nothing : noun lazy person
As in drone : noun person who is lazy
As in hanger-on : noun person who attends the powerful for status or benefit

Example sentences :

The Greek sponger 'Zenephone' was passing when she went under.
Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico » by Wilmer M. Ely

He checked the flood of thanks on the sponger captain's lips.
Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico » by Wilmer M. Ely

"We'll mow 'em down," said No. 1, the sponger and rammer, a boy of twenty.
Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler

No. 1, the sponger and rammer, had been killed by a pistol-shot.
Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler

At last word came that the sponger had struck on the nearby shoals.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew » by Robert Shaler

And every blackguard and sponger who came along I accepted at his own valuation.
Extract from : « Hard Pressed » by Fred M. White

Then we walked down to his row-boat, and soon he was aboard the sponger.
Extract from : « Pieces of Eight » by Richard le Gallienne

The deck of the sponger was piled with the result of the work of the week.
Extract from : « Dick in the Everglades » by A. W. Dimock

Then a sponger fell, and then the gunner himself was slain by the bullet.
Extract from : « The Texan Star » by Joseph A. Altsheler

That word "sponger" as it came to Dan caused him to straighten himself up and step forward more quickly.
Extract from : « The Fourth Watch » by H. A. Cody

Synonyms for sponger

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