Hanger-on Synonyms

hăngər-ŏn, -ôn
One who depends on another for support without reciprocating
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. leech
  2. parasite
  3. dependent
  4. sycophant
  5. sponge
  6. bloodsucker
  7. adherent
  8. dangler
  9. dependant
  10. nuisance
  11. fawner
  12. flunky
  13. tagalong
  14. follower
  15. groupie
  16. heeler
  17. lackey
  18. minion
  19. satellite
  20. scrounger
  21. sponger
  22. freeloader
  23. tagtail
  24. toadeater
  25. toady
  26. vassal
  27. votary

Words Related to Hanger-on

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. dependence
  2. red-painted
  3. dull-looking
  4. rough-cast
  5. careerist
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Hanger-on Sentence Examples

  • As a hanger-on in great houses he had little time for systematic work, and he wrote the "Lives" in the early morning while his hosts were sleeping off the effects of the dissipation of the night before.

  • The term parasite, from meaning a "hanger-on," has been transferred to any living creature which lives on another one.

  • Remedy defect in hanger on left side of trailing bogie.

  • Adrienne grabbed a large stainless steel spoon from its hanger on the wall and primped at her distorted reflection.

  • It is no longer the merry, saucy hanger-on of the homestead, but is become the suspicious thief, shunning the gaze of man, and knowing that danger may lurk in every bush.

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