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Definitions for Parasite
[1] an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
[2] a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others.
[3] (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.
[4] an animal or plant that lives in or on another (the host) from which it obtains nourishment. The host does not benefit from the association and is often harmed by it
[5] a person who habitually lives at the expense of others; sponger
[6] (formerly) a sycophant
Words related to Parasite
sycophant, stooge, dependent, sucker, deadbeat, sponge, barnacle, groupie, bloodsucker, idler, freeloader, flunky, hanger-on, leech, taker, scrounger, bootlicker
Words nearby Parasite
parasexual reproduction, parashah, parashurama, parasinoidal, parasinoidal sinus, parasite, parasite drag, parasitemia, parasitic, parasitic cyst, parasitic male
Origin of Parasite
1530–40; < Latin parasītus < Greek parásītos one who eats at another's table, orig. adj.: feeding beside, equivalent to para- para-1 + sît(os ) grain, food + -os adj. suffix
Word origin for Parasite
C16: via Latin from Greek parasitos one who lives at another's expense, from para- 1 + sitos grain
Synonyms for Parasite
barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker