Scrounger

Quick meaning: Scrounger is a noun meaning One who scrounges.

Meaning

One who scrounges.

Example Sentences

Harbert was our dog robber (scrounger), had been since he joined the outfit in Guadalcanal.

You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for.

Elwood seems at first a typical army scrounger and lurkman with his latest model Mercedes and every creature comfort but he is a ruthless and greedy drug pedlar.

For a mad two hours, artists, critics, hangers-on, insiders, befuddled outsiders and outright scroungers mingle, collide, preen, dish, fawn, toady, snub and, as a last resort, take a fleeting glance at the art on the wall.

Word Forms

• scroungers

Synonyms for scrounger

Depending on context, synonyms include bloodsucker, bludger, bummer, freeloader, gadfly, leech.

Antonyms for scrounger

Common opposites include doer, worker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sponger, moocher, cadger, scunge, scrupler, scrimper.

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