freeloader

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'fɹiːləʊdə(ɹ)/

Noun

freeloader (plural freeloaders)

1. One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share, usually athletic.
2. (UK, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland) An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that is past its sell-by date.

Synonyms

• free rider
• mooch, moocher
• scrounger

Translations

one who does not contribute or pay appropriately

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不速之客 (cmn) (bùsùzhīkè), 食客 (cmn) (shíkè)

• Dutch: klaploper (nl)
• Finnish: siipeilijä, siivellä eläjä, vapaamatkustaja
• French: resquilleur (fr) m, resquilleuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მუქთამჭამელი (ka) (muk’t’amčameli)

• German: Schmarotzer (de) m, Trittbrettfahrer (de) m, Schnorrer (de) m
• Greek: χαραμοφάης (el) (charamofáis) m, παράσιτο (el) (parásito) n
• Japanese: 食客 (ja) (しょっかく, shokkaku, しょっきゃく, shokkyaku)
• Russian: нахлебник (ru) (naxlébnik) m, нахлебница (ru) (naxlébnica) f, (slang) халявщик (ru) (xaljávščik) m, халявщица (ru) (xaljávščica) f, тунеядец (ru) (tunejádec) m
• Spanish: gorrón (es) m

See also

• bludger