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Synonyms for sponger
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spuhn-jer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspʌn dʒər |
Top 10 synonyms for sponger Other synonyms for the word sponger
- cadger
- clock watcher
- couch potato
- fainéant
- freeloader
- idle man
- lackey
- laggard
- layabout
- lazy person
- lazybones
- leech
- loafer
- lotus eater
- lounger
- malingerer
- mendicant
- mooch
- moocher
- ne'er-do-well
- no-good
- nuisance
- parasite
- scrounger
- shirker
- slacker
- sloth
- slouch
- slug
- slugabed
- sluggard
- sponge
- sponger
- sycophant
- truckler
- wanderer
- waster
- wastrel
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sponger
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